@T-Nomad hi there, I bought those ones, they ship internationally (well at least in europe)
it improved the noise a lot, but it was not like new, as the motors have two other bearings each, and they whirr after getting too wet a lot, too. still a lot better.
there are two types of lockups: if you ride in the rain, and don’t blowdry the motors after the ride, the motor/bearings can lock up the next day, usually it unlocks if you step on the board and wiggle a bit, the intertia required to unlock the motor in this state can not be brought up by hand, you have to jump on the board, then it “breakes free” at least in my case.
the other type of motor lock I had was because of a damaged motor, it got debris from the front (I rush up steep gravel roads and the motor hull on the v1 is rather thin (they made it thicker on the v2) so one of the rocks dented the chassis which destroyed one of the magnets inside. they sent me a used replacement and I am still happy with it, also it is way more silent than the other motors (it never got really wet).
I have a new problem with one of the motors though, and I am not sure if it was user-error, after replacing all the big bearings, one of the motors is wiggling (by 1-2mm) on his axis, not sure what I have missed, I tried to find it out once, but failed. it works fairly normal, is very loud, and feels a bit unsafe, but have done 800km with it already. any ideas what could cause this?
@regarding the battery: well it seems to have gotten worse, but it is not constant. I think I messed it up when I stressed it too much after having to charge it at almost negative temperatures close to a mountaintop, then I had to start the descent early in the morning which meant it would further charge which had it temporarily go to 4.3V or something close. so essentially overcharging at freezing temps, can’t be good. anyways, I almost use it daily in winter, it’s such a rugged workhorse, I occasionally use it for collecting wood and bringing it home to dry. so essentially now I have various packs acting weird, when I charge it and have it balance a night, the max difference is still 0.1V when it is 30% the difference become way bigger, up to 0.2V more or less. I noticed it struggled to violently throw me up steep hills as when it was new, but I think after 6k kilometers and almost daily use this is understandable. wonder if there is a simple way to replace single cells from the stunning pcb inside this monster of a machine.