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Re: Summer Swerve Project

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Originally Posted by asid61 View Post
Looks very light and strong. A few questions:
-Any reason why you chose to go with a live axle instead of a dead axle (or are you just using a 7/8" bolt)?
-How are you constraining the pulley on the CIM shaft radially?
-Are you broaching the bottom miter gear for a 1/2" hex shaft?
-What are your free speeds and weight?
I will be changing it to a 3/8" dead axle, keeping it as it is for now to allow an easier time when putting in different setups (i.e. sprockets, pulleys, gears)
The bottom miter gear will be a keyed 1/2" bore, and the rest of the shaft will be 1/2" hex.
Free speed is currently 15.89 ft/s with a 5.83:1 reduction. Will be reduced more if I change the top HTD pulleys to GT2. The weight will be posted once I add the rest of the parts.