U-BOT wheels assembled: tight tolerances cause painful assembly
_Stocko_ · x · 2026-08-23
The author finished assembling both wheels for the U-BOT project. Key takeaways from the build process include the difficulty of placing nuts in nut traps and realizing that the tolerances on the wheel hub were designed way too tight.
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