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Re: Sprocket sleeve question

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Originally Posted by macwhoo View Post
Yes, we have the key, but we're a little worried it won't hold, so better safe than sorry. What are the pro's for the meal tubing as opposed to plastic? As a rookie team, we really want to consider all our options. Excuse me, but what are ID and OD, please? (As I said before, we represent the word 'rookie' in all of it's forms!)
ID is Inside Diameter, OD is Outside Diameter. (For example, a ringer has an ID of 13 inches.)

My former team (1293) used metal spacers (of unknown origin) on the kit frame at the axles and PVC at the output shaft of the older kit transmissions*. Really, I didn't notice any particular advantage of one over the other. The metal tube we used was smaller and probably lighter than PVC, but PVC's cheaper and leaps and bounds easier to cut. Basically, use whatever's handier for you.

*I'm not sure what the recommended practice is for this year's transmissions.
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2004-2006: FRC 1293 (D5 Robotics) - Student, Mentor, Coach
2007-2009: FRC 1618 (Capital Robotics) - Mentor, Coach
2009-2013: FRC 2815 (Los Pollos Locos) - Mentor, Coach - Palmetto '09, Peachtree '11, Palmetto '11, Palmetto '12
2010: FRC 1398 (Keenan Robo-Raiders) - Mentor - Palmetto '10
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