pic: Coaxial Swerve Drive Module with 2-speed Ball Drive and Nitrile Tread

[Tyler2517]

Originally Posted by Jared

I don't see how not having a thrust bearing reduces the life of the gears. It may affect the life and efficiency of the 0.375" bearing sitting above it though.

We've done something similar with our climber (3 CIMs on a 10:1 worm reduction) with the worm resting against the inner race of a normal radial bearing, and we saw no issues.

I can confirm what Bryce2471 is saying we saw reduced life and over time reduced efficiency due to us not having the thrust bearings between the mitter gear and the radial bearing.