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09-12-2015, 13:31

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Re: Intake wheel motors

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Originally Posted by Deke

You can run the versa planetary without modifying the CIM output shaft.

We found that that can work but it comes with some caveats.
1. Some CIM motors have the keyseat cut at the back of the output shaft, this makes it near impossible to have any amount of key in the input coupler to transfer toque unless you cut the shaft down some.

2. It adds a lot of length to the whole assembly.

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