[Bennett548]

Have you had a chance to run this under load?

My concern is that the axial force of the bevel gears has to travel all the way thru the churro standoffs, thru the delrin bearings, and then up the plates holding the bearings. I would imagine the bevel gears will push away from each other quite a bit, which greatly reduces the efficiency and will wear down the gears much faster than normal.

I would suggest taking the plates that carry the horizontal bevel shaft bearing and extend them upwards, screw in a cross plate and put in a bearing that rides on the 3/8" hex shaft output of the versaplanetary. That way the axial force of the bevel gears won't push them apart very much.

Otherwise it is very cool. Put up some videos when you start driving!