Keen how that will work! Maybe the short wheelbase and a little riser will give you enough clearance
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Bro. That’s like asking me who my favorite Spice Girl is.
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You’d be mad to just choose one.
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Look Al, what would you do with a million dollars?
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I’d make some very regrettable decisions I’m sure.
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The Kenda tires arrived yesterday so I got to put some of this together.
Enclosure is due to show up tomorrow.
These tires look nice. I hope I have the direction or the threads right.
I needed to cover up the inserts. There have to be more elegant ways to do this but I just used hot glue and sharpie…
Then I got to put the trucks on and get a sense of the two wheel bases.
Since I’m not a guy that believes in ground clearance I am going with the outer stance.
Looked cooler and felt better just rolling.
Then on to grip tape.
This was enerving since this is such a beautiful deck.
But I’m pretty Stoked on it. Has this Aztec vibe to it.
I slapped the motors on there just for looks.
Nothing is aligned and loctited in yet…
Off course I only had 14t pulleys in aluminum around…
A big question came up.
Is it worth my trouble cutting the stupidly long and unnecessary shaft on the TB motors…
I like the mounts to be closer to the pulleys but can’t figure out if it is worth it the trouble…
Overall I love the way this thing looks.
And rolling analog a little bit last night felt great.
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The shorter the shaft, the less stress on it and the motor I would have thought. Try to keep the pulley as close to the motor as poss.
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Yep. This is a step I would really like to skip but I’m afraid I will have to do it.
Use standoffs on the pulley?
If the mount is in a fixed position
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Do you mean like the style that diyelectric skateboard sells? B
ut I don’t think that reduces the cantilever forces because the belt is still away from the motor body.
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Is the mount in a fixed position? Move it closed to the wheel pulley if not
If it is use m4 hex standoffs on the wheel pulley.
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Oh, sorry, i get what you mean now.
I can move the mount.
but the issue now is the motor shaft will hit the tire.
I will consider the idea of spacers to move the wheel pulley away from the tire. but they are so well aligned now… I almost dont want to mess with them.
Oh right
Dremel the shaft?
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yep. that is most likely the direction I will go. looking for videos on it now…
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oh, the bag and rubber band are smarter than the cling wrap I was planning on using.
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make sure you wear glasses.
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