E-Bikes

[olbriar]

I can see it now ... Briar's Electric Bike Shop ... opening in a town near you, soon !

It would be nice to not only use but to reuse some of the tools. I really don't understand why bikes require unique tools. And to add to the agony, the bike assembly fasteners are not standard across different manufactures. Why must it be so complicated and expensive to work on a bike?

 

[ozonetrooper]

Wanna see the small handful of parts, I drove to the Harley shop on the other side of Houston for, that cost almost $400 dollars ?

IF I cold go back I would just leave the switch broken ....

Update on the project: I have put all the things I took off - back on ! It has been incredibly hot this week, cold front blowing through as we speak. Suppose to cool down and my goal is to put the new parts on and hope I am ready to ride again !

 

[olbriar]

I hope you get to enjoy your repairs soon!! My parts and tools were less than two hundred buckazoids. It seems a lot to spend on a bike that only cost $1,500 that I purchased on sale in 2023.

 

[olbriar]

Information shows that my chain is out for delivery. With that in mind, I installed the new cassette. The removal was very easy for the lockring on the old cassette was all but loose. There is no way it was tightened to 40Nm. Once the new was installed, I found I needed a thicker washer between cassette and frame. I had a set of washers so I experimented until the cassette clears the frame and hopefully close enough to be read by the sensor. The old chain on the new cassette sound like a thrashing machine. I won't know how successful my morning adventure might be until I get the new chain cut down and installed. It will be a trial and error to get it all set up correctly.

 

[olbriar]

The new chain showed up early afternoon. As in all first time projects there was a little bit of white knuckles time but all for not. The cutting of the chain and installing was really pretty easy. The tools purchased for the project worked really well. The most difficult task of all was getting the space between the new cassette and the sensor correct. It took a number of tries to get the spacing correct. Each trial consisted of removing the rear wheel and changing the washers between the cassette and the bearing cone locknut. It took three tries to find the right amount of washer to make the distance correct for the sensor to correctly read the count of the 9th gear ring. Each time the wheel had to be removed and spacing changed and reinstalled. Then power up the bike and try riding it. Too much and too little space caused no reading or sporadic readings. I only think I have it set right. Mabey another washer would make it perfect. lol. In other words... who knows when it's right? It was sensing as well as before the repair so I stopped messing with it. My next flat I'll try an additional thin washer spacing. I'll likely be taking it back out.

I was very happy with my repairs today. Considering it was the first time for everything I did, I had no problems with the tasks. Youtube is a wonderful tool for first time projects. The tools that I had purchased worked perfectly for the projects. The only snag I encountered was the spanner lock nut to remove and install the cassettes took an inch socket that I didn't have. I could only find an inch socket that was a half inch drive. My torque wrench is a 3/8 drive. I had to buy the socket and a 3/8 to a 1/2 converter so I could replace the cassette to specifications.

My son was coming over for some beers after he got off work. That cut my riding and testing a bit short today. The bike felt great under foot but I still encountered some lulls while riding. It was a typical day of riding in that regard though the bike felt tighter. (with no better words) The lack of slop in the chain and cassette was very noticeable. I had not noticed the drive chain was so worn out. I certainly noticed and enjoyed to lack of that sloppy feeling this afternoon. I only logged 26 miles when I called it a day. There wasn't any traffic on the sidewalk South.