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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis
We're avoiding cutting out any of the flanges on the frame, and instead are building a mount for the gearbox that will stand it off .625" (i think), which is the width of the flange. This also required turning custom axles, as the normal KoP output shaft isn't long enough once we move the gear boxes off the frame like that.
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Another solution would be to provide cantilever support for the wheel by boring out the hole in the inner plate to 1-1/8" and using the KOP hex shaft bearing in that hole. You'd also need a hex shaft collar or two to keep things from walking.
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