WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUCK HAPPENED
Ran into an odd issue last night… At some point my circlip must have jumped to the other side of the motor nub while riding.
Under a hard accel, it caused the motor can to pop out of sync with the stator.
Took a small spill and went home to diagnose.
Up on the bench, I noticed the gear case was full of black “stuff”. Grease was red and I haven’t been riding it long enough to get that much dust in there
Found a broken shim in there as well and my green loctited pulley was sliding up and down the shaft freely but couldn’t rotate with the key still in there.
Oddest part yet… While disassembling, I realized my V ring on that side is gone.
I’m thinking maybe it got sucked into the gear case and torn to shreds, making all that blackness, breaking a shim, and somehow causing my circlip to jump to the other side of the shaft.
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How the fuck did the circlip jump the stop on the motor shaft and still stay stuck on the other side of it?
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How and why did that axle shim break like that? Maybe axial load on the stacked shims?
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Where is my damn V ring?
Gahhh great start to the day.