mrgarci1
100 W
- Joined
- Sep 15, 2008
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- 239
So I bought a BL-36 kit from a guy named Dale in Seal Beach, CA. Found him on eBay, he's been amazing as far as customer support goes. I mounted that first kit on a cheapo mountain bike, loved the motor, but didn't like the bike, so I sold the whole thing on Craigslist and bought a beach cruiser and a second kit from the same vendor. That one lasted about a week and then ground to a halt one day while riding. Under power it just locks into place instead of spinning along like normal. I tested the motor by connecting just one battery, and same thing - just locks up. Dale told me it was a defective motor and shipped me another one before I even sent him the defective one back, which I was pleasantly surprised about. However, that one was dead right out of the box. He sent another one, and THAT one was dead out of the box. I now have 3 dead BL-36 motors in my house and I'm starting to think that I'm doing something wrong. However, all I've done is take the motor out of the box, mount it in the fork (not even taking the time to put a tire on) and connect a single battery as a test. This results in nothing but a slight jerk (not me, the motor ) and an electrical hum - no rotation. Any ideas why this may be happening to me? Anyone have similar experiences with DOA BL-36s?