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Originally Posted by stj_1533
The last few years we've always seemed to mount our quadrature shaft encoders somewhere difficult to reach. I was thinking that this year we'd try to mount one with an idler sprocket on a chain tensioner. Any thoughts?
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Avoid using an encoder
as the tensioner shaft. The bearings in it probably aren't capable of supporting the radial load of a tensioner.
Instead, install it on a tensioner that supports its shaft independently. (See
here for some examples of shaft-mount encoders that you might be able to use.)