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Re: Gotcha! That defense was nastier than I thought...

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Originally Posted by bogally99 View Post
We had the exact same problems. We have modified our drive train to articulate on one side, and removed the front and rear frame members. How did you modify your drive train to deal with this?
So, at the moment, we have a VersaFrame style chassis with a front brace, which is being removed, and we will be replacing our drive frame 2x1 stocks, but making them one inch longer and have a cut that is angled inwards, with the front wheels moved forward so they stick out into the 'wedge' cut.

Its kind of hard to describe, and we haven't finished it yet, so here's a bad MSPaint drawing of the changes (wheels will stay on the same side of the frame, but I drew it that way so it would be evident what cut we were making)

http://imgur.com/DdmtWRO
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