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Re: pic: drive base idea

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Originally Posted by dbell View Post
Interesting idea... To be honest, i didn't really think about a direct drive that way. Mounting the tranny output shaft to a wheel is easier said than done. Especially on the toughboxes. It would be pretty easy for something like the Banebots p80 long shaft. But because the toughboxes have such a short shaft, you would need an extension. something to think about.


With all the comments from everyone, I think i'll start working on another design...

DB
AM makes an extended shaft for the supershifter. It actually wouldn't be too complicated at all to modify that shaft for a toughbox. If you want further info, download the cad files of both and look at how similar they are.
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