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Sometime ago I reported my ebike motor making a scrunching noise and got about four or five different answers as to what was wrong. Nothing really worked for me until I decided to bite the bullet and open up the motor. This is one of the planetary gears I found, well chewed in parts you will...

I'll look at the electrics possibly tomorrow, it will just be a basic search lose wires, connections etc.. Thanks.

Little bit of a paradox here because I have taken the wheel off and opened up the gear cage and applied some silicone grease which contains some PTFE. Everything looked perfect in there. It has actually made the motor slightly quieter but the original 'strange noise' still persists. The best...

There is a hell of a racket from my motor and suspect it needs a service, some grease perhaps. Has anyone here used Copper Grease on these parts or does anyone have first hand information if is good or not to use. After a search, one or two say they wouldn't use it but without giving any...

The last battery I bought, just at the start of summer, has an integrated LED rear lamp and operated by pressing the battery status switch for three seconds. It's bright but not fierce. For a front lamp, I have an led lamp that detaches from the clip on the handle bar. It lights up a dark...

Dave, as in, d8veh offered me some 18650 used cells the other day and I picked them up today. A sound fella, a very generous man. Thanks Dave, great to have met you. Home safe as you see. Joseph

Yes, we live fairly closely, just checked on AA Autoroute, about 37 miles away but under an hour on the road. It would be a pleasant drive out. May I leave this offer on hold for a few days and then I can see clear to get down. Being newish to the site, is there some way I can PM you...

Wow, sounds an offer I shouldn't refuse. Assuming 'most' of the cells are OK, then there is the possibility of a working battery at the end of the project? When I took my old battery apart and pulled out 40 cells, 3 were completely duff while about a dozen showed a slightly lower voltage...

Thank you, it does make sense to me to install BMS. I notice there are dozens from China on eBay but wondered if I should look out for a branded product, if indeed there is such a thing? I have to say, I'm fascinated with the idea of making my own battery, just for the hell of it but reading...

When I ordered some equipment from India a few years ago now, I got hit heavily with customs duty and even the courier charging me a high fee to collect the customs fees. If I recall, the value of the goods charged for import duties and customs charges incorporated the hefty carriage charges as...

That is fabulous Dave, I have just ordered the bike computer from China so will have to wait a week or so, or whatever it takes, to arrive. What a neat work-around and thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with me and so succinctly, I'm very grateful. I'll put up a photo when done, show...

Well Dave, you really are one hell of a knowledge base and you have given me lots to think about. It is a big coincidence by what you have described, in the scenario where the throttle breaks and thus, lose control. Why, I don't know, but I have always wondered what would happen if ever I lost...

The new kit arrived and now fitted, the quality, outstanding! As an aside, anyone considering an ebike upgrade, together with this kit and a separate 13 AH battery, could upgrade for £300 and still have change. My only downside was, though, the wheel rim was a quality, double walled affair...

Thank you once again Dave. I'm sure you are correct. Upturned the bike and tried as you suggested and what a considerable difference between 'connected' and 'disconnected'. From uTube I also discovered a method to prove the motor windings. Again, while the leads are disconnected, there are...

Here is an inexpensive workaround, as I see, for my problems. A big problem I see with self installed ebike kits, they all seem to do the same things, more or less but there is no industry standards as to how to interface the separate components, all appear to have differing connectors and in...

I'm not too sure whether I have damaged the motor now as I have just discovered there is a lot of resistance to push the bike backwards. There was always some resistance, just a little but this is almost a braking effect. I've tried turning the bike over, wheels up, and turned the wheel with...

Thank for that, then in that case my forth wire is for the three LEDS that displays the battery status. There are some selling with five and six wires but don't know what they do. I'm struggling somewhat at the moment looking at controllers. They ALL seem to be made in China and almost all...

Hecky, are we that vulnerable to rain, I'm sure these things could have been designed with a little waterproofing in mind. As you say Leigh. it does get you home. I'll take the hint. More egg on my face again later this morning, one of my lady friends asked, what happened to that cape I...

I have already ordered the throttle, that seemed straight forward enough after I realised I only needed a four wire device, this is what I have on now. The controller is a different game altogether and have held back until I can get more info. I would have thought there would be an industry...

I posted here about a fortnight ago regarding my battery cutting out. We were able to ascertain I needed a new battery. The new battery has been fantastic but now I have another problem. In my part of the country I have been out on the bike most days and managed to avoid the showers, until...