You don’t need threadlocker if you’re using nylon lock nuts. Just one or the other.
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Hence my original conundrum.
Send photo. This shouldn’t happen. Something under it could be compressing, or the lock nut could be worn out.
Also get a wrench so you can tighten it without taking stuff apart 
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Oh, THAT bolt. Got it.
I’d ask Kevin what he suggests.
Also if nylock nuts failed I’d probably use two jamnuts and use Loctite 290 on the whole piece, not just the bolts. Loctite the baseplate where they slide past each other also. Of course it won’t be that adjustable anymore.
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I use 35psi for my hota 8 inch(street thread), i don’t use it oftenly, no ideas how long it last, but the rubber feels ain’t that bad.
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I have a belt drive system and when turning the wheels they stop quite fast. Obviously. When I‘m driving it also breaks me, because of the resistance. Am I right that therefore the range of a belt drive is lower than that of a hub system?
I just got a Spintend Uni 1 remote. I have it plugged in the side UART on my Stormcore, set PORTS CONFIG to UART TO ESC A, I set the throttle mapping with the GEARS CONFIG screwn and did the binding of remote and reciever. It reads voltage correctly on the board battery meter on the screen but will not turn the wheels. I have both sides App set to UART. I also tried the front UART and switching RX/TX wires.
What am I missing?
Have you done the NRF input wizard?
Nope. Didnt know that was a thing. Thanks
You don’t ride hard enough then
But yeah, using a new locknut should usually solve it.
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Sort of mostly yes, I think. Lots of variables, not a lot of certainty, need to make the sketchiness of my answer clear.
Having the belts pulled very tight increases resistance and inefficiency in a belt system, so it varies by quite a lot even from belt drive to belt drive. But there is always some extra resistance, so it looks like hubs are usually the more efficient choice.
However hubs have very different motor designs, basically in hubs the motor’s rotational speed is directly coupled to the wheel so you need to design a motor that spins at the desired rpm. Because belt drives effectively have a gear reduction, you get more flexibility of what rpm to run the motor at, and can use more efficient motor windings that would spin way too quickly for a direct coupling but then gear it down. This (combined with the fact that hub motors are surrounded by a thermal insulator and belt drives are in free air) means that there’s an upper limit on power output from a hub motor. Attempting to drive a hub motor above this point mean the vast majority of extra power is converted to heat.
Usually I’d link to other threads and places people have discussed this before but I just went down the rabbithole and can’t find anything coherent. Maybe one of the people here longer than me knows where to look
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What thread do I post in to find a part if I don’t know what the part is but I have some on hand?
What are these tires? 150mm, only text on them is Chinese
Right here.
Don’t ask to ask, just ask.
If you put a photo of it in the post above, you may already have had your answer.
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Done
I figured there might be a “What part is this?” thread
You know what this is actually really terrible advice.
If there’s already a thread for something but the poster doesn’t know. They’re rideculed and berated for not posting in the appropriate thread or category.
If it’s been asked multiple times before, the poster is again berated on their decision.
Asking to ask saves face in both situations. It should never be discouraged to ask for directions.
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Just search first, then ask.
Asking to ask just wastes both people’s time.
Not searching well can also waste both folks’ time.
This advice goes far beyond an esk8 forum.
Also ask in such a way that it can be searched later by others. Include the same words you were searching for 
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I did
This is subjective as to what “searching well” means
My search consisted of “what part” and “what is this”
Is it okay if I offer you some advice?
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