Hi Everyone,
I am new to this site and looking for help in replacing the bearings in 2 of my front hub motors that I purchased from E-BikeKit.com. They indicated that these are 10x6 28mph direct drive motors. The bearings in my first motor wore out after about 2 1/2 years of use. I purchased a 2nd front motor wheel from E-BikeKit.com out of desperation, because it would have been time and cost prohibitive for me to send the original one in to them for repair, but now the bearings in the new motor also appear to be getting loose and wearing out after only about 4 months of use.
E-BikeKit.com was nice enough to send me two sealed cartridge replacement bearings. I asked for instructions or assistance in replacing these bearings, but so far they have not provided any, so I told the folks at E-BikeKit.com that I would reach out to folks on some of the electric bike forums for help. I spent a lot of time trying a lot of searches online and on this site, but have not yet found anything specific enough to help me to do this properly, and I want to make sure that I do it correctly. This forum appears to have a lot of folks that are very experienced with electric bikes and their components, so I have registered here with the hope that some nice experienced person here will be able and willing to help me to do this.
(I rely on my electric bike to commute to work 5 days a week and have no other practical way to get to work right now, so I am hoping to accomplish this quickly. I have about $3000 in this electric bike, and should have 2 complete kits to use, but I feel like I am now only about a week away from having nothing to use. This is by far the most expensive product that I have ever purchased, other than a car. It was a stretch for me to buy this electric bike kit, I don't make very much money, pretty much live pay check to pay check, rent a tiny nursery room from an old retired couple in order to be able to live and work in the Seattle area where I grew up so that I can stay living close to my family. I purchased this kit instead of investing in fixing my old truck or buying another car out of desperation for transportation to get to work. I also wanted to try to be more environmentally friendly, and ride an electric bike instead of driving. I new this was a gamble to try and rely on an electric bike for transportation after heavily researching electric bicycles online for a long time before purchasing something, since I was reading about how many things that can fail and go wrong with electric bicycles from folks posting on this forum and elsewhere, and mine has also had a lot of problems and failures of most of the components. Nonetheless, I hope to eventually be able to have 2 electric bike set-ups, so that I always have a back up. Over the last couple of years since I purchsed this electric bike kit, Alec at E-BikeKit.com has been great about helping me diagnose and fix things that have gone wrong with my kit...he deserves a big fat raise. I used to do all of my own work on my car for years and have always done all of my own work on my regular bicycle, so I feel like I am fairly handy with tools and do-it-yourself projects, although nowhere near as much as many folks on this forum seem to be after reading through a large number of posts here. Sorry, this is probably too much personal information to give out here for what I am trying to accomplish, but I guess that I am just hoping that someone might be more willing to help me. I know that most people are very busy, I know that I sure am, but I really hope to be able to do this myself without having to send things back to E-BikeKit.com. I also take great pride in being able to do things myself, and a lot of this has been out of financial necessity over the years. I am a longtime bicycle commuter, but am now 52 years old, have a lot of health problems that make it impractical and vitually impossible for me to commute to work 32 miles roundtrip 5 days a week any more, I can't really afford the health insurance or medical care that I need, and this do-it-yourself electric bike has really been a godsend for me when it is working. I have also discovered that it is probably the best form of exercise that I have ever experienced, particularly at my age and current state of health. I really hope to always be able to commute via an electric bicycle, and live within electric bike commuting distance of where I work!)
Thanks in advance to anyone that is willing and confidently knows that they can help me to replace these bearings properly!
(Sorry for the novel, this is my first time ever posting anything online anywhere....)
I am new to this site and looking for help in replacing the bearings in 2 of my front hub motors that I purchased from E-BikeKit.com. They indicated that these are 10x6 28mph direct drive motors. The bearings in my first motor wore out after about 2 1/2 years of use. I purchased a 2nd front motor wheel from E-BikeKit.com out of desperation, because it would have been time and cost prohibitive for me to send the original one in to them for repair, but now the bearings in the new motor also appear to be getting loose and wearing out after only about 4 months of use.
E-BikeKit.com was nice enough to send me two sealed cartridge replacement bearings. I asked for instructions or assistance in replacing these bearings, but so far they have not provided any, so I told the folks at E-BikeKit.com that I would reach out to folks on some of the electric bike forums for help. I spent a lot of time trying a lot of searches online and on this site, but have not yet found anything specific enough to help me to do this properly, and I want to make sure that I do it correctly. This forum appears to have a lot of folks that are very experienced with electric bikes and their components, so I have registered here with the hope that some nice experienced person here will be able and willing to help me to do this.
(I rely on my electric bike to commute to work 5 days a week and have no other practical way to get to work right now, so I am hoping to accomplish this quickly. I have about $3000 in this electric bike, and should have 2 complete kits to use, but I feel like I am now only about a week away from having nothing to use. This is by far the most expensive product that I have ever purchased, other than a car. It was a stretch for me to buy this electric bike kit, I don't make very much money, pretty much live pay check to pay check, rent a tiny nursery room from an old retired couple in order to be able to live and work in the Seattle area where I grew up so that I can stay living close to my family. I purchased this kit instead of investing in fixing my old truck or buying another car out of desperation for transportation to get to work. I also wanted to try to be more environmentally friendly, and ride an electric bike instead of driving. I new this was a gamble to try and rely on an electric bike for transportation after heavily researching electric bicycles online for a long time before purchasing something, since I was reading about how many things that can fail and go wrong with electric bicycles from folks posting on this forum and elsewhere, and mine has also had a lot of problems and failures of most of the components. Nonetheless, I hope to eventually be able to have 2 electric bike set-ups, so that I always have a back up. Over the last couple of years since I purchsed this electric bike kit, Alec at E-BikeKit.com has been great about helping me diagnose and fix things that have gone wrong with my kit...he deserves a big fat raise. I used to do all of my own work on my car for years and have always done all of my own work on my regular bicycle, so I feel like I am fairly handy with tools and do-it-yourself projects, although nowhere near as much as many folks on this forum seem to be after reading through a large number of posts here. Sorry, this is probably too much personal information to give out here for what I am trying to accomplish, but I guess that I am just hoping that someone might be more willing to help me. I know that most people are very busy, I know that I sure am, but I really hope to be able to do this myself without having to send things back to E-BikeKit.com. I also take great pride in being able to do things myself, and a lot of this has been out of financial necessity over the years. I am a longtime bicycle commuter, but am now 52 years old, have a lot of health problems that make it impractical and vitually impossible for me to commute to work 32 miles roundtrip 5 days a week any more, I can't really afford the health insurance or medical care that I need, and this do-it-yourself electric bike has really been a godsend for me when it is working. I have also discovered that it is probably the best form of exercise that I have ever experienced, particularly at my age and current state of health. I really hope to always be able to commute via an electric bicycle, and live within electric bike commuting distance of where I work!)
Thanks in advance to anyone that is willing and confidently knows that they can help me to replace these bearings properly!
(Sorry for the novel, this is my first time ever posting anything online anywhere....)