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Originally Posted by pwnageNick
Any reason you guys didn't bring that polycarb bracket across to mount the tube on the other side of the pulley? I know it's just an encoder but it would drastically lower any worry about that encoder moving too much for basically no extra weight.
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I don't want to hijack the thread here, but mainly because the cross-brace attaches on the other side of the pulley, so there's no room. It's also intended to be flexible by design. Realistically, this mount is only there to keep the encoder body from rotating. It's pretty well retained inside the shaft, and because it's a rigid attachment there and a very snug fit, we want to avoid over-constraining the encoder and ending up putting a side load from any kind of misalignment.
The last benefit is this mounting lets us remove and replace a belt without taking the encoder off.