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Re: pic: 2011 Drive Prototype

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Originally Posted by ttldomination View Post
That's some smexy stuff.

Just a quick question about how the bearing blocks are mounted? I'm not exactly sure how that works.

- Sunny
They slide inside of of a square cutout, while a cam (involute of a circle) with lots of tiny ridges sort of ratchets into place. the ridges fit onto the radius of the bearing block. PM Cory if you want to get the total lowdown.
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