Brose motor repair

[HCooke]

Hello, I have a Pedego City Commuter Mid Drive. Motor has developed a clicking, clacking sound that is getting worse. Pedego store where I bought the bike is closed - out of buisiness as are several others in the St. Louis area. Nearest Pedego store to me is several hours away. I have taken my bike to several LBS that sevice other ebikes with no success. The LBS have not been able to communicate with Pedego. Bike is less than 4 years old and should be under warrenty, but when I spoke to Pedege the technician said that a bad bearing was not a warrenty issue. Pedego sells a replacement motor but does not have any in stock and will not back order.

There is a person on Youtube who repairs ebke motors and demostrates how to remove the motor and ship it to him. Does any on this board have any experience with this? I have good mechanical skill and after watching his videos, I think I can remove the motor.

 

[Mike TowpathTraveler]

If your mechanical skills are good then you should have no problem removing your motor and sending it off. I believe eBike Motor Repair https://ebikemotorrepair.com/?v=0b3b97fa6688 is the US arm of Performance Line Bearings. Pete, the owner of Performance Line pretty much started the business of motor repair for various brands. He has many videos of these repairs up on his site and as well as on YouTube.

Being it's a Brose, have you talked to any Specialized bike shops around you? They've had Brose powering their ebikes for years now & it's possible they could look at your motor and make the repairs needed.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Being it's a Brose, have you talked to any Specialized bike shops around you? They've had Brose powering their ebikes for years now & it's possible they could look at your motor and make the repairs needed.

Specialized never repairs the motors. It replaces the broken motors.

 

[harryS]

Have you tried torquing down the pedal arms, replacing the pedals and finally tightening the motor mount screws?

I've found all kinds of noises from pedalling in my bikes were based on something loose in the above three areas. I suppose a good bike would have tried these things.

 

[JRA]

The motor for you bike is a Dapu MD500 actually as seen on the Pedego site relating to the bike you describe you have?

If you are confident that the motor is where the problem is and can remove it yourself I would say to ship it to a reputable repair facility. Any idea of a warranty claim on a 4yr old bike probably isn't realistic however.

 

[HCooke]

Have you tried torquing down the pedal arms, replacing the pedals and finally tightening the motor mount screws?

I've found all kinds of noises from pedalling in my bikes were based on something loose in the above three areas. I suppose a good bike would have tried these things.

Thanks, I will try these suggestions.

 

[Gionnirocket]

Specialized never repairs the motors. It replaces the broken motors.

Garbage is disposable from the beginning and rubber bands have a short shelf life

 

[Stefan Mikes]

The troll's alive and kicking. How sad he's wasting his energy instead of going for a ride... A cheapo

 

[Gionnirocket]

What a little girl... Ignores me then reads every one of my posts.
Don't you have to get to the Bafang throttle factory for your shift?
Or is it time to wind the rubber bands on that 15mph euro toy?

 

[PedalUma]

15.3.

 

[Gionnirocket]

actually 15.534
Repairing requires skill and experience.
You can teach a monkey to be a part changer.. especially when at the bike owners expense.
But when the load only needs to reach 15.534 mph... it should last for centuries.

 

[PedalUma]

I would rather ride an analog bike than a 15.5343 limited bike. On the upside it does have nine reviews.

 

[Gionnirocket]

They're a decent bike.. but have just as many issues as others and you pay a premium for bragging rights.
But the problem isn't the bike... it's more the typical ignorant/arrogant drawn to them who are convinced they have something special and the attitude displayed.

 

[PedalUma]

the attitude displayed

I took this one and did this to it so it would blow the doors off that. I got the starter bike for essentially nothing as part of a settlement where I got 7 new bikes from a closing shop that owed me. Compare the geo to the Creo. When you have power there is no need to stoop to the wind. And who wants a torture saddle anyway. It does 45 Kph on gravel.

 

[PedalUma]

In a few minutes I will have the pleasure of working on one of these beauties.

 

[Chazmo]

I took this one and did this to it so it would blow the doors off that. I got the starter bike for essentially nothing as part of a settlement where I got 7 new bikes from a closing shop that owed me. Compare the geo to the Creo. When you have power there is no need to stoop to the wind. And who wants a torture saddle anyway. It does 45 Kph on gravel.
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What’s it got for a motor, PedalUma?

That’s a pretty nice, unsuspended frame. I’d be a little concerned about those oddly bent over seat stay tubes, but I like everything else.