Has anyone had issues with flipsky motors?
Are torqueboard any better?
I’ve now had 3 nearly seize on me, they barely rotate now
Any suggestions for best paring for open stooge gear drive?
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What conditions are you riding in? Sounds to me like the bearings are getting absolutely destroyed.
I rode in salt water and my FSBH 6384 motors were completely locked up.
Cracked them loose by hand and been riding fine enough.
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The bearings may be perfectly fine, or at least still functional, and it could just be a build up of rust inside the motor. Easiest way to find out is to open them up and you’ll know pretty quickly what caused it, but it could be a combination of both issues.
For reference, this is the amount of rust and gunk build up needed to seize a motor up:
For that motor one bearing was still clean and the other had some grease that needed to be replaced for optimal performance but otherwise was still working.
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Thank you!
Riding only in the street.
Not many miles on them at all
I felt like it was from heat
I had two Flipsky 6384s that both had magnets come loose. The magnets slid down and hit the stator housing causing them to feel seized…
I run Reacher V4s on my Stooge open gear drives and they are awesome (i needed to disconnect my temp sensors though as they were playing up).
*Edit: you’ll need to space motors with a plate or washers to give the motor circlip clearance on the Stooge motor mounts if that’s what you’re using. Or grind out a bit of the motor mount to allow the circlip room.
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Thanks, just ordered 2 of them
Sweet setup!
I have a Northcamp with 3-links
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Any pics of this setup?
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