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Re: swerve drive alinement question

Aside from electronic sensoring....

Many swerve systems, including Wild Swerve, have mechanical features that allow you to fine tune each module without tweaking your steering sensors.

For instance, I have seen teams put radial slots in their steering chain mounts. The slots allow them to loosen their transmissions and make slight adjustments to the alignment, or compensate for chain that won't hit a center distance number and also line up properly.
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