Hi guys! Hope this is the right section of the forum. I just completed my first build / board ever (will post pictures soon) and today was my second time riding it. I used a dual mech motor kit from torque boards and like the title says I noticed two things. One, the board was rattling and two, on the wheel that was rattling, the belt was falling off of the pulley and had a tear about a quarter of the way through. I walked the board home, took it apart, and found this ring that used to be attached to the motor pulley loose (causing the rattling). Here is a picture
How integreal is this piece and do I need to buy a drive wheel pulley? Sorry if this is obvious, I am still learning so much. I have already emailed torqueboards (also ordered a new belt from vbeltguys) but wanted to get some responses here. Thanks so much
Do you have any idea how the belt could have slipped out by the way? It was about halfway off of the motor pulley and spinning the wheel backwards got it back in place
If the belt is lined up perfectly, you don’t even need flanges. Technically it should never touch either flange if it’s setup correctly
One of my friends lost both of the outer motor pulley flanges a while back, and eventually, one on the inside, and his belts stay on just fine. I think they were just a bad set of pulleys, that’s why his came off
Yeah, if he had put on the crossbeam that comes with that exact drive kit, I suspect he would not have encountered this issue, it does a good job of holding the mounts straight
Best way to check alignment is to slowly move the wheel forward and backwards and see if the belt tracks left or right. It should stay perfectly centered on the pulleys. Good luck!
got them used for not much