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Re: pic: FTC Custom Drive Train

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Originally Posted by hectorcastillo View Post
There are holes in the gearbox plate that line up with two of the 6 mounting holes on the motor, and yes, I would probably use a little loctite, but not too much in case I need to remove a motor later.
I would suggest using more than two of those holes, we found that using a minimum of 3 worked best.

The gears you are using don't appear to be tetrix gears, what are you plans on mounting them to the output shaft? We've been looking for alternatives to the tetrix gears and would be interested if you found a solution! Currently, we are looking at manufacturing our own solution.
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