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Originally Posted by Joel Glidden
I use a flanged hex bearing pressed directly into the frame opposite the gearbox. Really this is bad practice. You shouldn't have more than two bearings on a shaft, and I have three (two in the gearbox and one in the robot chassis). I get away with it because two of the three bearings are hex bearings and they have a pretty sloppy fit with the hex shaft.
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Huh, I didn't know that, thanks for mentioning it. I can't really tell from pictures of other WCDs around but how is this usually handled? For instance the WCP gearboxes all come with two bearings; should you mount them with no bearings in the tubing?