• Organize your Parts
• Pre-assemble your V-Wheels

In order to shorten the time it takes for you to assemble your FarmBot hardware, follow these preliminary steps.

15 minutes

This is the estimated time it will take for assembly preparation.

Organize your Parts

When you first open up your FarmBot hardware package, pull out all of the component bags so that you develop a full idea for what’s included, and so that you can place them on a table or the floor in locations that make sense to you.

For many, grouping parts by type helps with locating them quickly later on. For example: place all your screws in one area, all your plates in another, all your electronics in another, etc.

We'll make it right

If anything is missing or damaged from your box of components, let us know right away. We’ll ship out replacement parts as soon as we can.

Pre-assemble your V-Wheels

Each V-Wheel actually consists of four components:

• One polycarbonate v-wheel
• Two 16mm x 5mm x 5mm stainless steel, rubber sealed ball bearings
• One stainless steel precision shim that fits between the two bearings, inside the wheel

Pre-assembling all your v-wheels at once will save you assembly time later on. To do so, first press one bearing into the polycarbonate wheel.

Make sure everything is straight

It can be easy to accidentally press in a bearing crooked. Try your best to avoid this as you could damage a wheel this way.

The sound of success

If all goes well, you should here a satisfying ‘pop’ each time a bearing fits into the wheel.

Then insert the precision shim such that it is resting on the first bearing on the inside of the wheel. Try to position the shim in the center of wheel.

Then press in the second bearing.

Shimmy the shim

If your second bearing doesn’t seem to fit all the way into the wheel, its probably because the shim is misaligned. Use a small screwdriver to push the shim into the center of the wheel, and then push the bearing in the rest of the way.