Bevel/Miter Gear Mounting Distances

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Originally Posted by GeeTwo

This depends on what you are designing. If you are designing a swerve drive, yes, you need a thrust bearing so that the gearbox can support the robot weight. On the other hand, if all you are doing is turning the motor sideways then driving another gear or sprocket, or are transferring torque from one direction to another (e.g. a lobster drive), there will not be a significant axial load.

I thought miter/bevel gears by nature exert large axial forces? In a swerve drive you can have a thrust bearing on the module and a separate one on the miter/bevel gears to take two different thrust loads.