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12-06-12 | 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by ThermionicScott

Yeah, that operation is a little more critical.

The measurements in the OP confused me, but I figured he was measuring the length of the axle outside of the cups or something like that, where 1.4mm would indeed be a small change.

I love to pick on folks who make these UOM errors, but in all fairness the good folks at NASA crashed a lander into Mars the same way.

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