Danschutz
10 W
Quick rundown of the issue. Bike was operating just fine then I stopped for a second to check something on my APM, went to take off and the bike barely moves. Checked a couple things and then the bike wouldn't power up at all. All the readings were great but the wheel wouldn't move when giving it throttle. John in CR was kind enough to give me some pointers (Thanks John!) and this is the rest of the story.
Here's a video I took of the wheel being spun by hand.
http://youtu.be/go0rhSdIMnQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go0rhSdIMnQ&feature=youtu.be
I tried this with the motor wires connected and disconnected same effect. When I removed the disk side nut I noticed this, the pic shows a little gap between axle and frame but it was wedged in there very tight. Looks like the axle tried to rotate in the rear dropout just on that side, yes there was a torque arm and no I don't believe it was effective, I didn't even recognize what kind of torque arm it is. I tried binding a couple nuts on the axle and wiggling it free, no luck until I used a rubber mallet while wiggling the axle back and forth with a wrench.
Once I removed the wheel I used that same wrench to manually turn the axle and while there is resistance the resistance is even while you spin it. Im considering the idea that the axle may have been bound up and couldn't rotate properly. How should this rear wheel feel when spun by hand? Id say there is at least 3lbs of resistance.
Any Help would be awesome!
Dan L.
Here's a video I took of the wheel being spun by hand.
http://youtu.be/go0rhSdIMnQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go0rhSdIMnQ&feature=youtu.be
I tried this with the motor wires connected and disconnected same effect. When I removed the disk side nut I noticed this, the pic shows a little gap between axle and frame but it was wedged in there very tight. Looks like the axle tried to rotate in the rear dropout just on that side, yes there was a torque arm and no I don't believe it was effective, I didn't even recognize what kind of torque arm it is. I tried binding a couple nuts on the axle and wiggling it free, no luck until I used a rubber mallet while wiggling the axle back and forth with a wrench.
Once I removed the wheel I used that same wrench to manually turn the axle and while there is resistance the resistance is even while you spin it. Im considering the idea that the axle may have been bound up and couldn't rotate properly. How should this rear wheel feel when spun by hand? Id say there is at least 3lbs of resistance.
Any Help would be awesome!
Dan L.