So I was riding pretty easy, going bout 15mph when my board started to slow. I looked down and my motor kinda flames up proceeded by it being dead. It worked fine before, was battle hardened and the gears were set at 16/60 for 8 in on a 10s…
Is this a fluke or are my settings wrong? I will say that a few days prior, I had ridden this board into some soft sand and when i drug it out, it was covered in what seemed to be metal shavings. Im guessing iron deposits in the soil? Could this have caused my smoking motor?
I bought them used from dr mike so they came hardened it seems… the stator was not hardened and i thought duat wouldnt be an issue so the motors were dragged through the soft sand for a little bit…
ferritic sand is awful on motors, but usually only sticks to the magnets… (qwads) but I’ve had motors lock up because of all the iron in the sand… it is possible it was slightly locked and the other motor was dragging it around causing heating…
That shit was no joke. I thought i escaped any damage but looks like there was some inside causing it to go boom while the other was free of debris. Still gonn open the other and give it a quick once over…
I saw it pop, fizzle and smoked. Definitely smells like burnt electronics and it was super hot to the touch, defin blew somthin… lucky for me i just bought @KaramQ motor for $30
Looked like the fartherst part away from the pulley. Cant be too sure tho. I dont see marks anywhere and the whole thing has that sweet burnt electronic smell
