I will be leading our team in an offseason project to build this summer to build our first (and my first) non-KOP drivetrain. I decided to base most everything on VexPro's VersaChassis as we have very little machining capabilities and to use the Toughbox Minis that came in last year's (2013) KOP.
When I started to look into what parts specifically I would need to order I realized I still had quite a few questions as to what exactly would be needed. Here are all the questions I have come up with that I need to answer before I can begin:
- In the power trasmission, how does the pulley connect to the shaft without sliding off? Shaft collar?
- How does the wheel connect to the shaft? Same as the pulley?
- In the VersaChassis picture it looks like half of a VersaBlock goes on the wheel side of the tubing across from the gearbox. If this is so, how does that VersaBlock attach?
- Where would you use the "WCP side bearing block"?
- I am right to assume that the "WCP Gearbox Bearing Block" is used to hold the bearing on the gearbox side of the tubing for the gearbox shaft?
- Lastly, I am currently trying to figure out how to use the "WCP How To: Belts" I was expecting to enter a tooth count for the pulley and the center-to-center distance and get back a belt length, but I guess there is more that I am missing.
Thanks in advance, any help at all is appreciated
