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Re: Questions about building a West Coast Drive with VersaChassis

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Originally Posted by Monochron View Post
Awesome, one the longer replies on there answered some of my questions. One part says:
"assemble your drive gearboxes, and mount them to your side frame tubing by bolting them onto a half versablock located on the outside of the tubing, with their output shaft going through a bearing in the versablock."
Though this doesn't match the reference picture. Considering that I am using a ToughBox Mini instead, would you forsee any issues? Can I just go with long bolts straight through the mounting holes in the VersaBlock?
Didn't the KOP toughbox not include a plate for the output this year? I thought it just included the housing, and that housing mounted to the side rails. If that's the case, you would need to machine a plate so the bearings have a plate to sit in. You could then put the versablock mounting holes into that plate, and have everything line up.
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