Noob question thread! 2020_Summer

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@kcheng5

If anyone has a link to a thread where someone has shown how to replace the bearings, this would be very much appreciated.

This isn’t quite that, but you can get a general idea of what it will take

Assembling a BLDC motor [serious]

How I assemble a BLDC motor. Starting with a stator, a rotor, three bearings, a circlip, a circlip tool, some spacers, oil, three M4x8 bolts and a wrench for them, a hammer, an 8mm shoulder bolt, a dry washcloth, a motor pulley, a motor mount plate, maybe a tiny piece of griptape/sandpaper, and maybe a skateboard wheel bearing spacer: First, I start with the stator [20200629_011846] bolt it to a mount plate [20200629_011955] grab a shoulder bolt or something else [20200629_013245] I l…

But first I would evaluate whether that’s actually the problem.

There is also this

How to hand-test a BLDC motor [SERIOUS]

Sometimes if you’re buying used, or troubleshooting, and need a quick way to see if anything might be wrong, you can test a BLDC motor with only your hands. It’s not the most accurate test in the world, but catches most problems. [f5c1e17e62e9f244432bf763be93746978c88931%20(copy)] Ensure motor phase wires are not connected to an ESC or anything else. Verify the motor spins without grinding or rubbing. Put a tad of sideways stress on the shaft and push it and pull it (while turning) to veri…