Thread: Spinning a Piston Rod
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Re: Spinning a Piston Rod
The proper way to do it would be to use bearings/bushings to couple the non-spinning piston shaft, to the spinning gearbox. I can't think of an exact design right now, but I'm sure someone on CD can .
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