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Re: modifying parts?
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Originally Posted by Joe Ross
And the official answer is that it is allowed: http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=311
The Q & A link above allows drilling and tapping holes to facilitate mounting.

Quote:
Originally Posted by dmok
Just be careful machining the motor end plates: there's a lip cast into the top one to hold the shaft bearing, and machining the top totally flat removes this lip. We found out the hard way.
Machining the endplate as dmok describes above clearly modified the integral mechanical system of the motor (the bearing was no longer retained) so I'd still say it violated the intent of <R36>.
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