Previously POM Idler housing is now available in aluminum T6 6511. Idlers are cnc machined from solid round of T6 aluminum. Housing diameter is 0.750” or ~19mm x ~17mm. Complete idler assembly includes integrated 688ZZ bearing with heavy duty 8mm shoulder bolt and locknut. Price is $15 each. Also available on Janux-esk8.com
For members who purchased my “Janux Dual Motor with Xbars”, aluminum housing is available for $10 each.
Great news, ive chewed through 3 idlers so its good to have these if any others go the only improvement i can think of would be using 2 bearings instead of 1
Hey Alberto,
Original dual bearing idler used M4 bolt with ~4mm slot as opposed to ~6mm slot for the new idler. New idler uses M8 shoulder bolt, it does not fit into your current idler slot.
Btw, your mount is still one of a kind quite massive and
Hi Marc, this may not be 100% relevant to this thread but is there a way for me to order 2 of your caliber II drive system kit but with crossbars? Right now the only way to do that is to order everything separately and that would make it so im paying like 100 dollars extra for the crossbars.