11/05/2022
Out with the old and in with the new!
I got rid of the old MP2 EXT and dropped in a new one! The wheel build looks much better than on previous orders and shipping was less than a week!
After about 5 years and 3 bikes the old motor was suffering from axle wrap. The axle had separated from the stator causing the stator to move under hard acceleration, thus wrapping the phase and hall cables around the axle.
I can't complain, it's been running at 72v from day one and that's really the only issue I've had with the motor itself. Unfortunately it's a critical failure until I can machine a keyway in there somehow. 😉