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Re: pic: 968's 2006 practice bot chassis

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Originally Posted by team2061 View Post
i could never understand how the wheels stay on. could someone please explain this to me
We use snap rings to hold the wheels on.

You can see this here , sort of. There's a groove in the shaft outside the sprocket. The snap ring expands to fit over the shaft, and then contracts when it is seated in the groove, and then keeps the wheels/sprockets from sliding off.
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