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Comment by ssl-3

3 hours ago

If I understand the question correctly then you're asking about a sprag clutch.

When used in-line on a shaft like this, a sprag clutch permits torque to be transmitted out of the drill motor but not into the drill motor.

Any operation as a support bearing for the spinny-bits is kind of a secondary function at very best (and may be ill-advised; a sprag clutch assembly may be shaped kind of like a roller bearing assembly, but that doesn't mean that it will live long in that kind of role). :)

Thank you.

Would it need a standard bearing on only one side of the sprag clutch, or should I double them up on both sides?