Eastwood
100 kW
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- Jan 13, 2021
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dogman dan said:Oh boy, I was afraid of this. The rub mark now makes me wonder about the bearings. Particularly the one on the side where the rub mark is. Maybe when you energize, the whole stator tilts a hair, causing the rub and the click? But if so, where's the statorade leak? bearing bad but the seal is good?
Something loose on the stator itself, should be grunting like hell when you run it.
That leaves the freewheel. Its going to be close enough to the motor to fool. But I've seen noises seem to come from all over the bike, only to be somewhere else. Sounds like the BB, but its the freewheel. etc.
Yeah the bearing could possibly be the issue. The bearing on the non-rubbing side seems to be good but I haven’t checked the other one yet. And yes there’s no statoraid leaking but I did somewhat flip the bike at a low speed and the rear wheel hit the ground hard so it could’ve bent the bearings but the seals are still good. That happened maybe four months ago. I’m not sure exactly when that clicking noise started but it’s it’s slightly got worse as of lately. Also to note I’m running more current now than I was previously so that would make sense that is causing more rubbing.
Also when I said I flipped the bike I was basically doing an Endo but the weight of the hub motor got past the balance point and I tipped The bike over and it landed on the tire but I’m just speculating that could’ve possibly bent the bearings. Maybe the impact wasn’t hard enough. Most of the impact landed on my butt lol as I flipped with the bike so I didn’t land on my face lol
Sidenote I bought a full face helmet the next day haha