Does anyone know where i can get this part? One of the motors on my Defiant board snapped off. I think the screws stripped from this case it’s in. But I’m guessing that’s a custom made case and I don’t think that they are making any more? Any help saving this beast and my baby is greatly appreciated.
Have you tried slightly longer screws to see if you can get bite?
Be careful not to go too much deeper to where you could hit the motor winding.
But maybe try a bolt that is 2mm longer
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I just tried your suggestion of longer one. Still loose. Slightly different issue. There’s two screws behind the gear i can’t get to without removing that gear. Any idea how i get that off? One is clearly different than the others. Any idea why that might be our anything i should be cautious of so I don’t ruin a $400 motor?
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Try to pry or pull the larger wheel gear off the axle. It is just on a bearing that rides on the interior of the gear. Once off, you’ll be able to access the gears.
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The wheel gear just slides out.
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ok so from my understanding the plate on the motor that gets screwed into to hold the motor is stripped out and need a replacement correct? if so from what I know its a generic part if you know how to unassemble the gear pinion and take the motor apart you can find a used 6396 motor and use that plate from a may tech 6396 and put it on and reassemble and it’ll be fixed
Thank you. It’s not pulling off easily. I even put on gloves to grip with the grease. I’ll need something to help me get it off. Either a wrench or something to pry it off.
I like this strategy and hope it’s right. But here’s one for sale on ebay. I’m thinking all the stainless gear is a protective custom casing. Or do you think this black part in the image is the same as the stainless part that I think it’s stripped?
There’s no protective casing around the motor. The part that you’re calling the “casing” is actually the base of the motor’s “stator.” The “stator” is the part of the motor which does not spin, and therefore that’s the part we bolt to our skateboard.
If you stripped the threads in your motor’s baseplate/stator, then you’re kinda fucked. There are possible repairs, but they are a much bigger job than simply tightening your screws.
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Oooof… that’s rough. Those boards break frequently. Those breaks with the motors seem common. I’m quite shocked they didn’t build bash guards for the motors since they’re so low.
I tried to pry it off. It’s on there. No way it’s being held by just a bearing.
I’d wait for a guy with the m1 street drives to chime in, I’ve only had the at version. I’ll defer to them.
Didn’t this happen to you @ShutterShock ?
i reckon a new motor is the easiest solution. You could try something like installing helicoils into the mounting plate on the stator but that’s pretty risky business… if you slip and hit the windings you’re screwed.
never understood why Damon went with such enormous motors on a urethane board. Especially when said motors have a terrible reputation as it is.
If it were me i’d just replace both motors with something smaller and better.
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It is, but the bearing stack is prone to getting stuck/jammed on the axle because it’s basically impossible to pull the gear off straight. If it’s even a little crooked on the axle, it will jam.
I’ve found that it’s best to gently pry under one side of the gear until it jams, then move to the other side (180°) and pry under that side. Repeat, trading off which side of the gear you’re (gently) prying under to “walk” the gear up off the axle.
If you want to learn more about your gear drive, here’s the thread:
It was the most common gear drive on the market for many years, so there are thousands of posts about it on this forum.
Ya these motors suck butt
My motor on drive unit 1 broke the same way, the threads pulled out. Talk about stupid lol
Definitely just replace both motors with actually good ones
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What’s a good motor? I’m not hitting 41mph just yet but I like the idea that I could if my balls were big enough
Unless you change your battery or gear ratio there’s always going to be a trade-off between top speed and torque, depending on what kv rating you choose. If you don’t wanna compromise torque and acceleration I’d recommend choosing the same kv, but a different brand of motor. Flipsky’s battlehardened motors and good and cheap-ish, but probably won’t last you forever. Radium motors on the other hand and widely praised
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I’ve had the same thing happen.
Helicoiled the motors, reassembled them, and carried on using them.
Cheap, effective, and a good opportunity to measure with certainty if you can get away with a 10 or 12mm screw instead of an 8mm for example, which is what I had.
*Different gears, but same situation.
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Yeah that could definitely work
I have a set of used flipsky 6384 190kv motor that’ll work if you need let me know
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