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Originally Posted by Mrtrom
I am new this year on FIRST, and i was wondering if ball bearings will begin to "lock up" after long periods of use
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Ball bearings usually are overkill for a FIRST application and should last far beyond the life expectancy of your robot.
A couple of things to note: Ball bearings like even loads meaning that the shaft that goes through the bearing pack (I'm assuming you are using a bearing pack and not just ball bearings in a channel) is in line with the hole and not canted. The other thing is that ball bearing packs tend to not like side loads.