Hi
I think after many years of hard abuse that the one way bearing in the clutch plate is finally failing on one of my bikes, its not done bad to be honest as it has moved my hefty old self along well in those years, I don't know how many of you have experienced the one way bearings fail on the BMC? the symptoms are that it will sometimes work fine and then other times you will be rolling along and when you apply the throttle the motor just spins freely almost like its going backwards, it has started doing this intermittently but its getting worse so my assumption is that the bearing is on its way.
Back in the day I would simply rob one from Mark at TH but these days he isn't tinkering with them any more, so where do you guys go for spares for your BMC/MAC motors? I am after the new clutch if possible the V3, I have spotted this one http://ebikessf.com/V2-vs-V3-clutch has anyone had any dealings with them?
I am in the UK however I would doubt that there are any suppliers supplying parts over here? there was a thread somewhere where somebody changed just the one way bearing?
I don't think it will be too long before all of the bearing pawls are broken and the motor just spins, I have my X5 bike as a backup but love the BMC as its soooo much lighter so don't want to be out of action for too long.
I think after many years of hard abuse that the one way bearing in the clutch plate is finally failing on one of my bikes, its not done bad to be honest as it has moved my hefty old self along well in those years, I don't know how many of you have experienced the one way bearings fail on the BMC? the symptoms are that it will sometimes work fine and then other times you will be rolling along and when you apply the throttle the motor just spins freely almost like its going backwards, it has started doing this intermittently but its getting worse so my assumption is that the bearing is on its way.
Back in the day I would simply rob one from Mark at TH but these days he isn't tinkering with them any more, so where do you guys go for spares for your BMC/MAC motors? I am after the new clutch if possible the V3, I have spotted this one http://ebikessf.com/V2-vs-V3-clutch has anyone had any dealings with them?
I am in the UK however I would doubt that there are any suppliers supplying parts over here? there was a thread somewhere where somebody changed just the one way bearing?
I don't think it will be too long before all of the bearing pawls are broken and the motor just spins, I have my X5 bike as a backup but love the BMC as its soooo much lighter so don't want to be out of action for too long.