[Joe Johnson]

I hate cantilevered loads. But I learn to live with them if their is good support for the shaft and if the loads are not too great.

So... ...my first recommendation is that you figure out a way to support the end of the shaft if you can. In fact, I recommended that FIRST put the bearing plate in the kit.

But...

There ARE two bearings supporting the output shaft but the bearings are side by side so things are kind of in a gray area. Yes I think is okay to have some side load on these shafts, but I would not suggest teams cantilevering load if the sprocket or gear is going to be far out on the shaft.

You can probably get away with it is you have a single sprocket and are not using the encoder (which spaces the load out).

Joe J.