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Unread 07-03-2007, 13:28
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Re: Anyone lost thier BaneBots Carrier pins?

BuzzRobotics, Team 175, has been on this potential problem of loose pins on the new carrier plates. We have been using the original carrier plates, and have only suffered minor distortion of the double D drive hole. We are only using a single CIM with sporadic use of the Banebot in our secondary drive, so we are not expecting trouble. But to prepare for the future, we anticipate installing the new hardened plates. To prepare them, we are installing 4 mm X 16 mm hardened dowel pins into newly drilled - reamed holes for a good press fit, and then resize the length to the original carrier plate pin length. We don't feel loctite will stand up in the oversized holes, and are afraid of distortion from welding. In the meantime, the new Banebot transmissions will have a 2nd revision of the carrier plates already installed when they become available, according to a conversation with an engineer at Banebots. If you make new holes, you could use the pins from the original carrier plate that are the proper length, if you can't obtain new pins. Make your own choices.

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