Thread: bearing help
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Re: bearing help

I understand that ball-bearings should work fine for just about anything-- thats what I designed last year's gearbox with. However I notice that other stripes of bearings, particularly roller pin and sleave bearings, have a much lower OD-bore ratio, which I could see being highly advantageous if you're pressing them into tiny gears. And for applications like a swerve drive module, I have to think there are compenents designed with linear forces in mind and I don't see why I wouldn't want to use them. I could go on forever just using the same components and designs every year, but I'd really like to at least learn about what else it out there.