Unfortunately it is already dead, apart from a belt breaking that is
For some reason my belt tension is having a lot of variation as you spin the wheel, but when you spin it and look it’s perfectly round, really hard to get a good tensions that doesn’t get too tight at some parts, and skip on breaking on the loose
And the really killing point it that I went flying in a sand pit and stepped on the loopkey, so the case isn’t waterproof anymore, and when I got home and unplugged it was hot as hell, don’t know if it’s just the pins that are bent a bit and not making contact or anything else broke, if it’s the second case, will be a pain to replace
I think the it’s just the loopkey, the pins are too closed, just open them a bit and should be good
For the waterproofing, probably thin superglue so it can penetrate in, and after that a layer of rubberized superglue, not meant to go underwater but should hold a few splashes
Check the motor and motor mounts as well if you haven’t done that already. A slightly bend motor shaft or shitty motor pulley or bend motor mount can cause that as well.
Maybe time to move to chains?
I have some wheels that do not run perfect round and the chain can buffer that pretty good.
Thanks Andy, will check that. I have some nice Lacroix CNC machines pulleys, the downside is that they are for MBS hubs and just 72T, and I just have a pair of MBS hubs, so would be MBS in the back and Trampa on the front, and also would loose a bit of torque
Oh and my motor pulley is flanged are just one side, and the CNC one has no flanges at all, at 3D printed piece could work, but I could end up again with things not centered
I run iso06b right now on all chain boards.
That’s a 3/8“ pitch I think.
But I also waiting for some 05b sprockets to arrive.
Want to try a size smaller. Should be good enough as well.
Making your own sprockets shouldn’t be a big problem for you I guess and the steel ones are usually as well cheap to get.
Definitely worth a try in my opinion.
Nice, I have those 1/4” pitch that I will use in my ebike, will think about for a bit, I really want to go gear drive, for the way I ride would be the only true trouble free solution, but lots of cash considering I would also need new motors and all that
Ok, Lacroix pulley in the back on MBS hubs on the back and white Superstars on the front it is, another belt broke doing nothing, on the previous set of 3D printed pulley I was only breaking on a stick or rock got into it, and that would happen almost never, easily 500+km on a set of belts
Only problem is that my motor pulley has flange only on the mount side, and Lacroix one has no flanges, so I will have to 3D print one and glue it somehow and hope that it holds
On another note, is there someway to slap my past self? Built this pack 4+ years ago for my first board, and now having to tear it apart to reuse the cells, fells like disarming a bomb
Thanks Bill, let’s see if the battery is magically built better tomorrow due to your timeline manipulation
Thanks man, I also really liked the cables like that, will be my default way to do the griptape on the future, kept looking at it for a long time to come up with a interesting design that I could also easily cut by hand, nothing came
Pulleys with flange done, this things spins really nice, but so did my 3D printed ones I still don’t know why I was having problem
Unfortunately the MBS wheels have a different spacing inside and I only have one metal spacer, so will have to 3D print it, and so I also need a shorter spacers to go from the truck face to the wheel, and move my motormouth further inward and hope that nothing interferes
Also, even being wider on the bearings, the MBS is narrower on the wheel seat, so let’s see how it will look in the end, might see if I can find a pair of hubs locally
Had a video of it spinning but I guess we can’t upload videos here, I call it censorship, dammit @Andrew (guess it is due to storage space)
And done, business in the front and party at the back, this is temporary as I will have a cool upgrade soon
These CNC are the shit, I’m suspicious to say that since they are my design , but had never used them before. Belt tension is consistent across the rotation, it may be a bit tight, but better that than to skip like before
Just took the board for a spin around the block and it’s perfect, no teeth skipping, smooth and quiet, torque doesn’t fell that much weaker compared to the 80T pulley, if needed will just bump the motor amps a bit, right now I have the temperature limits set at 115/120°C since the noise spikes was making it cut randomly, now will probably get even higher, if I have problems will just cut the wires and let them cook
Also stayed a bit late tonight and finished disarming the bomb, making the 3D printed pack skeleton right now, since I have lot of solder residue on the cells, spot welding is out of question, will just solder the nickel to the cells
Haven’t tried, I’m on 3.58 or something like that following the don’t mess with what works
But I may try it, some setups with a bad wiring has no software fix for it. For example, there are some motors that the ground and thermistor wire are not run close to each other inside the motor, but one in each teeth of the stator, this causes a huge wire loop that injects a lot of noise as the magnets pass by and current go through the coils. No amount of filtering and signal processing can fix that
To be honest I don’t remember if my motor is in that situation
especially after being out of action for so long. Hope you can come to a swift fix!
, but had never used them before. Belt tension is consistent across the rotation, it may be a bit tight, but better that than to skip like before
