How to mount driven axles

[Dick Linn]

You could use a circlip (snap ring) instead of a shaft collar. You may also be able to use that or a shaft collar inside the frame rails, depending on clearance and bearing setup.

[markulrich]

We're also using the 2009 KoP drive base and wondering if we can have the shaft collars stick out and cut holes into the bumpers; it's what we did last year, but technically the back of the bumper isn't in front of where a string would be wrapped around the robot if the string was wrapped at the exact height of the shaft collars.

[Jared Russell]

you can always use pillar blocks on top of your frame structure.

[Dick Linn]

Originally Posted by Abwehr

you can always use pillar blocks on top of your frame structure.

I've always liked that method if the ground clearance & etc. allowed it. Never did find a reasonable source of lightweight pillow block ball bearings, though...