My vesc didnt have a bootloader. Just had to install the bootloader and I was good to go
I think they’re somewhere around 110Kv or 120Kv maybe?
IDK that’s from memory
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Looks like you figured it out yourself. A lot of the times new fw versions come with required new bootloader. It is not mentioned or detected anywhere so it’s generally a good idea to update everything
thats if they are speed drives. not sure if jerry made torque drives of the v3
Abs will crack, simple as that. If it’s cheap i’d say run with it and see in time where the stress points are to reinforce it
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That’s why one of you in the UK should do this 
I got the US folks taken care of 
They’re something like $0.62/ea plus $12.00 shipping from mouser for me
or something close to that
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I mean… Come on
10 for 2 quid, coming in 3 days, or 50 for 6 quid coming today (sunday) afternoon
@Halbj613 found you same day delivery on something, look
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yeah saw some also
gonna just order them or go to halfords tomorrow to pick up
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10 for £1.85 is pretty good!
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With prime the second option makes even more sense. Couldn’t be bothered even making a run for halfords when i know it’s at my door this evening, for a price that wouldn’t even cover shipping normally
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I’m running my 3 link trucks with metroboard 155 wheels and hubs. The bearings that came with wheels are 10mm id but the spacer inside the wheels is 12 mm. So when I tighten the wheel it rubs to side wall of bearing. Did anyone else have this issue
Sounds like the spacer is too big
Well I just don’t get why it wouldn’t be the same size, shouldn’t it be 10mm throughout.
Maybe someone messed up.
It came that way from metro.
Do you have a photograph?
In regard to what was talked about earlier, what is a bootloader? And how is it installed? I thought everything was there once you installed the vesc tool?
It’s like the bios on your motherboard. Loads up the firmware when you press the power button. There are compatibility checks in place so if the bootloader fails to start with a new firmware it just boots up with the last known good file. That is why you see the firmware upload go through but after it restarts you still have the old version
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A bootloader is a small piece of software that runs automatically when you power on the vesc, and its only job is to go and grab the rest of the vesc’s operating system/firmware and get it running, then hand everything off to the OS.
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I always presumed it was similar to loading things or having a previous software stored and runs as a start up before firmware begins to take over in a pc perspective.
I used to mod games and it was always mentioned.
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