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Glue shaft on back case of CIM motor

Is it legal to glue a shaft on the backend case of a CIM motor, so that we can mount an encoder or pot (like the VEX 276-2156 or 276-2216)?

The case of a CIM motor rotates when we set the angle of our wheel shooter. We need to know the shooter angle, so we planned on using an encoder or potentiometer. Space constrains makes it difficult to use a pg71 type gearmoter with encoder. We are looking at using an old worm drive, Taigene (door motor), but it has no encoder.

What other ways are there to measure our shooter angle?