Yes, just remove the circlip on the shaft, fasten the stator side to something (a motor mount held in a vise works well), grab the can, and pull really really hard to overcome the magnetic force. Careful not to accidentally punch yourself with the motor can when it lets go!
After you’ve got it apart, you can inspect and clean the stator and the magnets for debris.
When reassembling, try not to let the two pieces slam back together from the magnetic force, and also be SUPER careful not to have your fingers anywhere they can get pinched - That’s quite painful at best, and could break a fingerbone at worst.
yeah once again the issue lies at having to take apart my gear drive to do this. (i can do it just i need to borrow a torch again and have a ton of spare time)
Just open it xD
I can understand that you don’t want to fuck it up more, but it’s already fuckerd. So man up, get the blow torch and fix this motor.
Nobody else is gonna do it lol
Yeah opening the motor is pretty much unavoidable.
The motorspur will come off pretty easy with some heat and a gear puller. Then remove the circlip on the shaft and finally pull the can of the stator to inspect it. It’s not very difficult.
You just gotta motivate yourself to finally do it
Adding on, dancers usually maximize deck surface area so there’s more room to move around on, so they tend to be pretty chunky and long with large symmetric tails on both ends. They also have less aggressive grip tape and frequently none in the center for easier twirls. Their goal is less to lock in your foot placement but rather provide space to step around on.
For example, take a look at some of the Zenits like the Judo or Joe, or the Loaded Bhangra or Tarab. They all follow a similar shape and design.
I’ve watched the Vedder VESC videos and is using the Android App the only way to set up profiles? From the video there is a Speed Limit for forward and reverse. If I want a slower profile for my kids, I figure I lower the forward speed, but do I want to lower the reverse speed as well? I don’t want to limit their ability to brake so I’m not sure if I want a slower reverse speed or not. Do I need to make changes to the battery voltage and motor voltages as well or does changing the speed settings make the changes I need?
I just ordered some Molicel P26A cells so hopefully the VESC defaults are more applicable for these types of cells. Most of the videos for setting up VESCs imply to accept the defaults and you’re good to go, but there is a lot of discussion on this forum about customizing it, setting up the braking, etc. But I don’t see the “Speed Limit” option on the desktop VESC Tool app… That seems like an easy way to customize it.
Lastly, I would hope after running the setup wizard the default settings aren’t enough to risk frying my battery and such. I’m finding the whole VESC set up process a bit confusing…
Reverse speed is different from braking. There are separate controls in the profile screen to modify acceleration and deceleration values (Motor Current values) that you can use to adjust those, the speeds are just top speed limiters in both directions.
I would at least update the duty cycle limit start value to 85% or somewhere around there. The default values there cause unexpected behavior at maximum speed, which is something you don’t want.
