DIY Hub Motor (Trouble Shooting) [solved]

Finally I had some time to finish the second motor, board itself and electric stuff:

And actually it ran nice and smooth:

BUT
After a short ride (before snow fell, the first time this year…), one motor gave some kind of creepy grinding sounds. So I stopped testing and carried Frankensteins monster home :frowning:

Between the aluminium sleeve support and the stator of the motor had gathered some aluminium powder… grinding traces weren’t hard to find :sweat_smile:

Explanation:
The thinnest part of the aluminium tube (as sleeve support) is 0,5mm thick having a gap of 0,5mm radial to the stator. I knew that this would be the Achilles’ heel of my design but I expected the hard PU and aluminium to not bend… and it didn’t…at least on one side…but on the other side it did :laughing:

Anyways, I always wanted to cast my own hub sleeves where I can have a thicker support and more space for an aluminium tube :sunglasses:

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