pic: Cim with Encoder CUI Inc. AMT 102-V3524

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Originally Posted by Richard Wallace

The encoder is 9 mm thick. A CIM pinion (VP) is 19 mm long. The CIM shaft extension is ~31 mm past the pilot boss. So the encoder will fit between pilot and pinion, without pushing the pinion past the end of the shaft. However, it will be about 1/4 to 3/8 inch further from the front motor bearing than teams would typically put it, increasing the bending moment. In applications where bending a CIM shaft is foreseeable (I think a 254 mentor has posted about seeing that), this method of encoder mounting will increase the risk of bending the shaft.

Would it be possible to press a bearing where the cim boss would normally go to negate the canteliever? Like put an 8mm bearing into the place where the cim 0.750" boss would normally go.