Hey @DavidF, I’ve taken apart the motors just twice but I might be able to help out. Do you have any photos?
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Yes as I said I took off the adapters and the big nut
Tried hammering lightly the rear to make the motor pop but with no luck
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There are 6 adapter screws, which you said you removed so that’s good.
You should’ve run into a C clip if I remember correctly
Where is it? Behind the big nut?
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Oh dude, you still have to remove the can and everything to get to the nut and c clip inside
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FWIW, I didn’t have to remove the can on mine.
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Yep that’s what I said Jujo in PM, removing the can seems too much, and I glued my rear can cap when it unscrewed back then.
I’ll hammer it tomorrow
Anyone having another solution, let me know!
Cheers
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I’ll take mine apart tomorrow with photos. Idk if I’m going crazy or if it’s the cheap street crack
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It’s all the hamburger sandwiches.
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This is the only photo I have without me eating something and isn’t about cats
Sounds like a Iwonder wheel’s name 
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What I use now is a gear-puller…
But what I did before the gear puller was a little less elegant… Take everything off including the big nut holding the motor on… The motor is then pressed onto the axle at only at the center of the hanger.
Grab 2 sacrificial 8mm nuts, what I prefer is one standard nut on the inside and a nylock nut on the outside. tighten and lock the two nuts together at the end of the axle with the nylock hanging off, not engaged with the threads.
Grab a plastic dead-blow hammer… Use your big boy strong manly hands to grab the motor can firmly and progressively whack on the nuts on the end of the axle… what you want to happen is; the board is off the ground slightly, and by holding the can firmly you want to drive the axle downward and thru the motor releasing it from the axle…
Work up, slowly, to some manly whacks if you need to, but usually, a couple of firm whacks with the dead blow hammer will loosen the motor from the axle… whack once and check if it moves… what you want to avoid is everything coming loose at once… whack…check… if the can moved a bit… reduce the next whack… ease the can off the axle…
Usually, I hold the board perpendicular to the ground and whack down on the axle… the gravity of the board helps somewhat in over-coming the tight fit of the axle…
I’ve never damaged a motor or the axle threads removing a motor in this way and I’ve done it quite a few times…
I always had a bad feeling whacking on the motor can with a hammer… But yes, I’ve stood on an upside down board and gently whacked alternate sides of the back of the motor can with a plastic dead-blow hammer… I grimaced each time I did it… but I have friends that needed help…
remember when you’re doing all this whacking about… you’re an artisan not a blacksmith… but if the can won’t move… go medieval on it…
YMMV
and hope this helps…
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Thks professor Kook that’s a great advice 
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Sometimes… Yes sometimes the big motor nut crushes down the stator support around the big threads on the axle…check that first. If that has occured some EXTRA persuasion fom the plastic dead blow hammer may be needed… After the motor is off you can use a sharp tool to remove any burrs left on the stator support… And in some circumstances I’ve had to add a washer to get the motor to tighten up effectively… When you get the motor off let me know…and I’ll tell you how I reinstall and center the motor on the axle… Hahaha
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oh yeah… when the motor can is off… throughly lube the bearings!!! a lubed bearing is a happy bearing… I use anti-fling motorcycle chain lube… it’s what I have and what works…
don’t use wd-40 it will wash the existing grease from the bearings, and don’t use a light oil like sewing machine oil… it’s worthless…
use a lube/grease that has a propellant that will allow capillary action to draw the lube into the bearing…
cheers…
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Thanks again 
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