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Re: What COTS parts would you like to see?
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Originally Posted by nuclearnerd
Why would that be difficult? Center wheel supported by hex shaft in bearing blocks, same as per wheels. Hex bore gearbox then slips over hex shaft on the inside of the frame.
If you're really clever, you could put the gearbox on a fourth jack shaft between wheels, and reverse the mounting so that the mounting bolts are accessible, and the gearbox slides off the shaft outward from the frame, same as the wheels. That would be amazing!
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It's certainly doable, but it's not nearly as trivial as simply bolting the gearbox in place as is done in an ordinary WCD (you have to leave space for the second bearing and whatever hex bore coupler you're using as an output).
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