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Unread 03-05-2006, 20:32
Jay TenBrink Jay TenBrink is offline
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Re: Live vs. Dead axles

Dead axles are simple, lightweight, structural, and lend themselves to standardization of: bearings, sprockets, axle shafts, pillow blocks, axle spacers, etc. We used the same general construction for wheels, pick-up roller, and launcher.

I would like to see some examples posted of live axle designs that have been refined and are working well for those teams that use them.

Jay