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the acrylic deck. Line up the deck with the tabs, and attach them with the re-
maining screws, washers, and nuts.

Attaching the Wheels
With the deck attached to the frame, you’re ready for the wheels. Each wheel
has a white disk on one side. This disk will fit over the white horn extending
from the servo. The hole in the disk has small teeth that fit into similar teeth on
the horn. With the teeth lined up properly, the wheel will slide onto the horn
with just a little pressure. Use the small black screws from bag three to attach
the wheels. Be careful to get the screw lined up properly and don’t strip the
screw hole.

Attaching the Palm

The connector from the Palm device (or any other device you might be using)
uses another Molex connector to attach to the BrainStem controller. The cable
runs through a slot in the deck, between the servos and the deck, to the Brain-
Stem controller. The cable plugs into the serial connectors on the right side of

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