Recent content by Danschutz

Guys, sorry I haven't responded until now. My friends been back in the hospital for almost 60 days now and between my long shop hours and visiting I've hardly even seen my wife and have had to cut back on even seeing my granddaughter. Thank goodness I have a very patient family unit. I'll be...

Thanks again for some excellent advice and more things to research. We have some hills in the area but its possible to avoid most and in reality Im not sure where we will be riding, I just want him to enjoy driving something again. Dan L.

No, Im not the big guy however my business partner is and he has been in and out of the hospital for nearly two years now and to keep things relevant but short he has dealt with being in a coma, removal of parts of his large intestine and small intestine and because of a oversight at the...

Well said.

I won't be much help but when I was researching this mid drive I ran across a lot of posts dealing with the controller and why they were replacing them prior to the new batch that just came out. I know it's a pain but if you have a chance use the search feature, I believe you'll have enough to...

Ditto :)

Absolutely identical with what happened to me. I just purchased a nice condition used bike with a 5305 motor and the rest of the stuff that comes with the Electric rider kit and the previous owner had the wheel size set to 26 so I set it to 28 and the next day I went for a ride. Im a bit spacey...

Just so you guys know I really appreciate the help! Im going to respond very quickly to some things that have been said but my shops been keeping me busy so I'll have to absorb this throughout the day! Thanks as always for the help John! So with this new information from Tench do I still have...

I spied an ad in the Colorado Craigslist, I live in Wyoming. Anyways I figured road trip! Me and the wife drove 4.5 hours to buy this bike. I had talked with the owner and the gal took all the pics I wanted and answered all my questions. She said the bike had a little over 30 miles on it and it...

I'll see if I have some suitable material to make that key tonight. So that would obviously be an issue with the wheel trying to move under power? I hope you know how much I appreciate your input. Im just a noob with working on bikes much less working with an electric bike. Dan L.

Thanks Cal! So one keyway on both sides? Would you know of a source for these? I was thinking perhaps electric rider. So without the keyway I should still be able to test run the wheel on the vice? Thanks! Dan L.

UPDATE! Took this to a buddies house he is an ex bike mechanic, ex motorcycle mechanic and currently a Master electritian. The first thing he noticed that I missed was the covers have been off previously (hmm) while inspecting the wheel I noticed that it is not a 3540 but a 5305 72v model...

Thanks Tench, The video sorta kinda shows the rear caliper off the bike and it wasn't rubbing on the fender HOWEVER I did notice that at some point it did rub against the motor case right on the side of the motor. The mark is only a few inches long not completely circular. So just put one axle...

The bike did have a sort of TA but it looks odd and ineffective. Good Lord it is very shallow, was really glad that an issue popped up and I had a chance to see that before things really went south! Tear down is in order if not for the sole reason to see what shape the motor is in. I never...

Here we go! It looks like there is plenty of room and I suppose that's the case but its pretty tough to get the axle in there but once its in theres all that extra space that the axle gets twisted in. I will do my best to short the phase wires tomorrow and report back. Dan L.