• ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    that’s why he used tapered bearings…

    Tapered roller bearings (TRBs) are *versatile bearings with angled rollers and races, designed to handle heavy combined radial (sideways) and axial (thrust) loads

    ~7:45

    • alteredEnvoy@sopuli.xyz
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      3 days ago

      That’s smart! But I think it is only keeping the joint smooth when there is a twisting torque? It doesn’t really help with the torsional stiffness