Advantages/Disadvantages of West Coast Drive

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Advantages/Disadvantages of West Coast Drive

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09-11-2016, 13:11

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Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of West Coast Drive

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Originally Posted by MichaelBick

Both Vex and WCP make pretty much COTS "plug-and-play" gearboxes for WCD.

And before I even thought about working at AndyMark, we made a Toughbox Mini work for a chain-in-tube-with-coulda-been-cantilevered-wheels (but weren't cantilevered because this game is brutal) by getting the flat front plate, using the long output shaft cut to length, and pressing a bearing into the tube. Done.

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