Bafand BBSHD ongoing parts availability

[klongyaw]

I have two five year old BBSHD mid drives, with about 10,000 miles on each of them. I love the setup which works perfectly for my needs. I don't see a new motor that is appealing. I'd like to keep this running as long as possible. I have 2 questions.

1. What is most likely to break in the future?
2. Will parts be available?

The motors are on recumbent trikes. Mostly pedaling, with some throttle on hills and when fighting car traffic.
With panniers and gear, each trike weighs about 100 pounds, 200 pounds more when I sit on it.
I am running the mid-drives with 52 volts at a low level of assist, 200 to 300 watts output.
I mainly ride rail trails, all types of surfaces. No extreme riding.
I greased the motor after 1 year with synthetic Mobil grease, and re-grease the final drive gears each year.

Should I buy some replacement parts now to have when I need them? What is most likely to break?

Thanks in advance for your input.

 

[Diggs]

I too run a BBSHD that's getting close to 10,000 miles. I opened it up at 9,000 miles even though everything was fine. I cleaned and regreased (Mobil) but there wasn't anything else to do. I have a spare nylon gear for it (which is about the only part you need to keep on hand) but it wasn't needed. I'm sure in the future I will have to replace bearings but they all seem to be stock bearings available just about anywhere.

There are so many BBSHD drives out there that even if Bafang doesn't offer spares in the future I'm sure someone else will step up to fill the niche. In turn, I see so many builders turning up the amperage to failure point that I'm expecting "used-parts only" BBSHD drives to be plentiful in the future.

 

[klongyaw]

Diggs, thanks for the reply. The main part I am worried about is the controller. Does it fail often?

 

[neptronix]

The controller is the one part that's replaceable with a general purpose part.

 

[klongyaw]

OK. I did an internet search and most of the listings are currently "Out of stock." That was my concern.