SOOOOOO⌠Where to Start! 
Love Ya @longhairedboy But Had To Improve The Short Comings For My Client Per Request!
So Lets Start!
This is one of my clientsâ boards from NYC. They dropped off the Defiant for work at my workshop, @HyperEsk8Repairs. Iâve worked on this board quite a bit, mainly focusing on the now dead and gone 
Street Gear Drive. Youâll see where Iâm going with this.
"So, if youâve been active on the forum for the last year or two, you know who Defiant is and what parts their boards consist of.
- 12S5P Molicel P42A pack with Smart BMS made by Damon
- Lacroix Stormcore 60D+
- Davega @janpom
- Hoyt Puck @hoytskate
- And, notoriously enough, @Boardnamics BN Trucks & Street Gear Drives. 'Say whatâs up, Kev!
As many may know, street gear drivesâand gear drives in generalâoften restrict you to one ratio, which can limit the optimal feel or performance of the board. While this can be frustrating, itâs something we learn to accept if we want the convenience of gear drives.
Now we have this thing we say between our NYC community of riders the Wild Ones where we say if the board is âNYC CERTIFIED OR NOTâ You may ask what does that mean or have to do with this well allot! NYC has constant changing terrain and crappy and good roads all of that can happen within a mile of riding in NYC! So if you had to take a guess a board thatâs on thanes that consistently rode the streets on TB110âs âWoAh THROWBACK WHEELâ the drives would get banged up quite a bit. Making it So that the drives gets some abuse on them. Keep in mind my clients a calm rider pretty much just uses his boards to commute and the âOCCASSIONALâ group ride thatâs a factor!
So pretty much, the gear drives didnât hold up on NYC streets and didnât survive here. I fixed his gear drives three times before he finally gave up and was about to sell the board for pennies. But I said, âLet me change it to 
BELTS ââyes, belts! The first time, the wave washer under the motor C-clip somehow blew. The second time, the motor shaft was being pulled out of the base of the can. The third and final time, the clamp that holds the drives into the trucks kept coming loose, causing the drivetrain to rattle and shake. So, you can imagine why my client was fed up; he was really tired of the issues, mainly with the drives!
So how did I convert it to belts? Well, it was actually pretty simple. I reached out to @IDEA to get some brackets made since he offers BN motor mounts for the specific BN truck profile. YOINK! Let me get a set! As a matter of fact, another friend had issues with the Defiant drives on his DIY as well, so YOINK AGAIN! Another set of mounts for another board. Before IDEA shipped it out, that other board will be a story for another day. Stay tuned!
Finding pulleys for 10mm motor shafts can be a pain, but luckily I was able to get them from Flipskyâ16T pulleys. I also managed to get 45T pulleys from Onsra. Great!
Belts Came Out to 5M-15-290 Belts luckily had a set of those in stock already!
Now To The Elephant In the Room!
What The F*** happened to the Enclosuređ
Welp! Long story short, it broke. I and many others were under the impression that the enclosure was made of urethane or a similar material, which we thought would be soft, resistant, and comparable in strength, rigidity, and flex to the Hoyt Tabor enclosure. However, I was mistaken. My client mentioned that he remembered coming off a few curbs where it might have hit. One day, he noticed it was cracked after coming in from a ride. This customer has been coming to me for a while with pretty much all his e-skate collection, so I told him I would take care of the issue.
So, what did I do? I started an extensive process of layering resin on the enclosure with black resin pigment. I began the process of patching the enclosure; itâs the best way I would describe it. However, this repair is more of a temporary solution rather than a long-term fix, because the enclosure is already compromised and will likely have issues in the future.
so sanded the enclosure a bit to give the resin something to stick to and hold onto!
Poured on some resin with pre mixed black pigment and wellâ:sparkles: VOILA
24 HOURS LATER 
We have a dry resin Layer #1 on the enclosure nice and glossy sanded it a bit after first layer dried up and put a second coat and 3rd coat after that 3 coats of resin and it came out well in the end!
To provide extra reinforcement, I created a fiberglass tape inner cover of sorts. This cover serves as an additional layer inside the enclosure, designed to protect against future damage and prevent water or dirt from getting in.
As per stock set up I put silicone around the edges to hold the pack down onto the enclosure but donât worry I did put some VHB underneath to hold it swell onto the enclosure!
ALL IN ALL THE BOARDS UP RUNNING âUPRADEDâ in my book Quite a Fun Repair/Upgrade/Project For Sure Definitely Enjoyed It at least and Ready To Ride as the Title Says The Reliable |SO WE HOPE 
UPDATES WILL BE POSTED HERE IF ANY IN THE FUTURE ABOUT THIS BOARD!
