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Re: Need help with west coast drive.

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Originally Posted by JoshD99 View Post
We are building a West Coast Drive chassis for our t-shirt robot. We have never done this before, but we think we know what we're doing. The only problem is that the gearboxes we're using, if we mount them directly to the wheel, will drag on the floor, as we are using 4 inch wheels. What can we do to fix this? Here are the gearboxes we're using http://www.vexrobotics.com/vexpro/ge...reduction.html

Thanks!
I love to hear that teams are doing some work in the off-season.

From just the information you've given me, I'd say either use bigger wheels or a different gearbox. However, if you could send some pictures and/or CAD drawings of what you're trying to do, we could help you out much more.
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