Update from here. Been too busy with business until now.
The gears have been waiting for a cleaning since i drilled the unit out and ended up with a ton of shavings on the gears.
If i could do it again, i'd put a wet napkin in front of the gears. but you live, you learn!
I wanted to avoid disassembling the entire unit and ending up with less than perfect factory perfect fit, so i kept the gear stack in.
1 hour of manual labor, 5 ear swabs doused in isopropyl alcohol and a super tiny but long screw driver later..
I have the gears free of all debris particles that can be seen with the naked eye, and no visible binding or added friction in the gears. Had to scoop up some extra lube off the sides and throw it on the gears afterwards.
Close enough for government work!
I threw some extra solder on to make sure these wires aren't going anywhere..
and then i ghetto rigged a way to tension the wires together so that as the bike is shaking, the wire insulation isn't getting beat up and eventually shorting.
Will give it a spin on the VESC and report back in some days from now.
The gears have been waiting for a cleaning since i drilled the unit out and ended up with a ton of shavings on the gears.
If i could do it again, i'd put a wet napkin in front of the gears. but you live, you learn!
I wanted to avoid disassembling the entire unit and ending up with less than perfect factory perfect fit, so i kept the gear stack in.
1 hour of manual labor, 5 ear swabs doused in isopropyl alcohol and a super tiny but long screw driver later..
I have the gears free of all debris particles that can be seen with the naked eye, and no visible binding or added friction in the gears. Had to scoop up some extra lube off the sides and throw it on the gears afterwards.
Close enough for government work!
I threw some extra solder on to make sure these wires aren't going anywhere..
and then i ghetto rigged a way to tension the wires together so that as the bike is shaking, the wire insulation isn't getting beat up and eventually shorting.
Will give it a spin on the VESC and report back in some days from now.
