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Re: pic: Hex Bearings

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Originally Posted by FrankJ View Post
The bearings get used on drive trains without that kind of failure. It seem the drive train would have a higher loading. I am a little hesitant to blame this on bearing quality. Maybe the shaft is bending or severely misaligned which is torquing the bearing rather than a axial load?
On our drive trains, we have shattered these hex bearings two seasons in a row. Its great that vex has a redesigned option now. The part of the bearing that failed on our drives was the corner where the steel was a bit thin due to the hex.

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