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Hi all, I sell and service ebikes, including some that are fitted with the Bafang M400 motor. I am trying to learn all I can about these motors and have just obtained a BESST tool... which I am trying to learn about also. Here is some information I have learned, in case it is helpful, and a...

Hi Tyro, People who might be able to help you will need a lot more information than you have given.. Is it a factory e-bike or aftermarket kit, motor type, does it cut out while using throttle or while pedaling (or both), does the system use torque sensing or cadence sensing for the pedal...

Beware of taping the cable carrying the power to the motor tightly against any of the other cables. There have been reports of strange problems caused by "crosstalk" between the motor cable and sensor cables. It would be a good idea to keep the motor cable separate from sensor cables etc.

For friction drive, the size of the tire doesn't matter.. the wheel is acting as an idler gear, transferring the surface speed of the motor to the road. In other words, the road speed will be the same as the surface speed of the motor (or drive roller) regardless of wheel diameter. You can work...

One reason for not using hydraulic pressure to bring in regen is that you want regen to kick in before the brakes come on, not after. Ideally regen would be triggered by movement of the brake levers before the brake pads touch the disc, so before any hydraulic pressure is developed in the...

Also check out the Frey aluminium framed bike developed over the last couple of years with the help of ES members. Frey started a thread on this bike recently: https://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=100413 But I see one of the moderators has asked them to move it to the "Sales"...

The diode would drop 0.7V right through the range, so if you didn't reprogram the VESC you would probably lose power at full throttle. Presumably you could reprogram the "start voltage" and "full throttle voltage" in the VESC to match the reduced values caused by the diode? I have read that...

Re E-brake switches: I would think for your setup they would not be required. If you stop pedaling, the motor assist would drop to zero quickly, and as you say, in the power range you are working in the back brake could handle the extra torque from the motor. The TSDZ2 mid-motor system with...

Hi FZBOB, Great build, and cool that you tried different motors and setups until you settled on one that works for you. Torque sensing Bottom Brackets: You are right.. the torque applied to the chainwheels by the motor will not be measured by the torque sensor in the bottom bracket, as it will...

Hi, Some time ago I replaced the torque sensor on a TSDZ2. I posted comments and hints on the main TSDZ2 thread here on ES.. look around page 80 of that massive thread, or search my posts. A bit tricky in places, but not too bad. Long, straight external circlip pliers are the only "special"...

Hi Endrew, I can't agree with your comment that torque sensing is a "very bad" way to control an e-bike. You may have ridden one or more bikes controlled by PAS (Cadence sensing) or even badly programmed torque sensing control, and formed the impression that it is a bad method to control an...

Hi Hyper.. Yes, a torque sensing bottom bracket has a variable output signal based on how much force you are putting on the pedals: The harder you push, the greater the output signal. How that is applied to the motor power depends on the programming of the controller, but in its basic form...

If the "freewheel" is a sprag clutch type, it should be possible to reverse it just by pressing it out, turning it over and pressing it back in.

Hi Stancecoke, thanks for the link to that article.. it contains more information than I had. However, I disagree when you say "it is not contactless": the coils of wire are not physically transmitting current by direct metallic contact: they are electrically insulated from each other, and...

Re: The TSDZ2 torque sensor: I'm not sure exactly what the communications protocols etc are, or the details of how they do it, but: The coils of wire are large diameter (maybe 3 inch / 80mm diameter?? - I don't have one here to measure) each attached to the rim of a disc perpendicular to the...