[Thad House]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Isn't this backwards? If the robot last moved backwards, when forward voltage is applied it will have to drive through all of the slop in the system before moving forward. If the robot last moved forward, the slop is "behind" the applied power to the system, and it won't jerk as much. So you want the last "push" of a robot being set up for auton to be forward.

Its definitely pull if you want to go forward. If your motor is to the left of the wheel, when the motor attempts to drive the wheel, it will pull the bottom length of the chain tight. Pulling the wheel backwards also causes the bottom part of the chain to go tight, which is what you need.