Been on a bit of an upgrade spree today but i think its interesting so ill post some pictures.
First up on the operating table was a customers early 2021 Predator.
Unfortunately it suffered a drive failure whilst he was abusing it on a pump track yesterday.
Hes been through a fair few of these gears now so decided rather than replacing them again it might be better to upgrade.
One thing to note is that his older motors dont have the circlip slots, so were fitting the gears with a good application of green LOCTITE as you would with any other drive. Shaft is cut at 24mm, this is the same length that his old drives required so nothing needed re-cutting to complete the swap.
All done, happy customer. He was keen to ride but i told him hes gotta give it 24 hour for the LOCTITE to cure.
Next up on the chopping block was my early 2021 Demo Predator (I take to uk events and group rides for people to try). This also needs Updating to 2022 spec ready a few events over the next 2 months. gotta let people test drive the goods.
This one was a little easier as new motors allow for use of the circlips.
On this one i ended up building the drives up on a spare hanger then just swapping it out as it was much easier than working directly on the board.
This ended up being really useful as i was able to to put the early 2021 and 2022 predator drivetrains side by side for some comparison shots.
This shows the decent increase in clearance.
And a good reduction in width, as well as how tightly the Jump drives sit towards the wheel compared to last years drivetrain.
Finally you can see that the Jump Drives were designed to sit a couple mm within the wheel diameter on 8" tyres. This means you wont catch the drives or motors whist you drag your board around.
Got the hanger back on and wiring sorted then went out for a quick test ride. This board is now up to date other than the new deck graphics.
As you can see, overall clearance is amazing on this new setup. had to go take some nice photos