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Forgot to mention that I verified that no wires are shorted when I made test by hand. I do not know exactly how these motors work, but I would have expected that when gears are not engaging the only resistance to rolling would have come from the axle bearings. But I may be wrong. We will see how...

Thanks d8veh for the advice on the torque arm. Hello Jonathan75, I will make sure everything is wired correctly when I get to this point. Initial test on freewheeling was done without connection to power, manually on a wheel stand. I expected the wheel to 'freewhweel' or if you wish, to spin...

Hello again. I forgot to mention that the forks are not 'mountain bike' type (round straight tubes), but rather the 'slender' tapered and slightly curved types. I could post picture if required.

Hello d8veh Sorry I was away. I think the concensus is that I should 'break in' the wheel. So I will do that as soon as I build the thing. As for the fork, they are nothing special took them from run of the mill 20'' bicycle. They are steel , but I do not know the exact type, but no fancy...

Hello all contributors to this thread. I apologize for my broken english as this is not my mother tongue. I agree that that the term freewheel can be confusing since in english, it is in both a noun (a device) and a verb. Imagine indeed how confusing it must be to the chinese! So I made a...

Hello Awol. I will follow your advice and hold before sending it back. It is the newer model with the casing held by screws so it is not a bear to open. I was told on another forum that the problem might only be that the motor has to be sort of 'broken in' for the freewheel to operate in a...

Thank you Kirstins for confirming that the motor should freewheel. BMS battery is trying to convince me otherwise. Thank you also Alan for your ideas. I have checked and no wires are touching , as the motor is presently not powered and the wires are not connected. Yes I could have tried to turn...

Hello all Since this is my first post, I will introduce myself: long time bicycle enthusiast which went from diamond frame, to recumbents and now wants to convert them to e-bikes due to knee problem. I own two recumbents one I built myself ( I do TIG) and a Rans Stratus LE. Now the bad...