Fixing geared hubs with a hammer

[Chargeride]

Ive had a battered Bafang GO6 for ages, it makes a terrible noise, and the magnets are loose, plus the halls are long gone.
I've finally decided to pull it fully apart to check it out and it turns out my original theory was correct, the stator was bent and hitting the magnets.
So I whacked it with a huge hammer.

Ghetto repairs

 

[harryS]

Every mechanic needs a BFH.

 

[6zfshdb]

Ah.... Another lesson from the "Bigger Hammer School of Mechanics"!

 

[Gionnirocket]

@Rome was right all along.

 

[Tom@WashDC]

So I whacked it with a huge hammer

Just like @Rome

 

[Tars Tarkas]

With a big enough hammer and maybe an anvil, I can fix the crap out of anything in the world.

 

[Gionnirocket]

@Rome.... so my controller bolt holes don't want to line up huh!

 

[Stefan Mikes]

I can tuned up my Toyota and my bike with hammer.

You're alive Rome. I was so worried about you!

 

[Gionnirocket]

Get a room already!

 

[teskow]

Don't force it. Get a bigger hammer.

 

[Urbancowboy]

Those are the kinds of people I fear some Mechanic Shops employ because they come cheap. Learned long time ago if you can do things yourself get some Tools and be likely ahead most of the times.
Cheers

 

[PCeBiker]

Everybody needs a good collection of hammers and crowbars.

I actually used a crowbar today on my seat.
My seat was lopsided, and I noticed that the seat rails were bent out of alignment, so I put a pinch bar between the rails and straightened them out.

 

[fooferdoggie]

Everybody needs a good collection of hammers and crowbars.




I actually used a crowbar today on my seat.
My seat was lopsided, and I noticed that the seat rails were bent out of alignment, so I put a pinch bar between the rails and straightened them out.

never seen anyone have the issues you have with bikes. your like my wife and electronics they never get along.

 

[PCeBiker]

never seen anyone have the issues you have with bikes.

I usually create my own issues, then I have to fix what I've done.

your like my wife and electronics they never get along.

I like electronics but I hate the AI robots that try to control the electronics on my behalf.

I don't get along with software.
I hate computers.
I hate my smart phone too.
I don't want to bother figuring it out.

 

[teskow]

When I was young guy my wife worked in a factory in Chicago building small electric motors. When the motors were complete they would give them a whack with a hammer to neutralize the alignment of the bearings to the shaft.

 

[spokewrench]

Everybody needs a good collection of hammers and crowbars.

I actually used a crowbar today on my seat.
My seat was lopsided, and I noticed that the seat rails were bent out of alignment, so I put a pinch bar between the rails and straightened them out.

No no no no no! To adjust a bicycle seat, everyone needs a square, a pull saw, a hole saw, and rasps! (My support levels the rails.)

Unlike wood, metal gets tired. After 950 miles of bumps, my alloy seat tube extension broke. After another 25 miles, the steel post bent. As on two other bikes, I had to add support. Putting a board across my ballast box entailed cutting down one side so I can slide in and out a case of Milwaukee's Best ballast.

Wood might seem ideal for custom bike helmets, but on a rainy day, mine swelled so tight that I needed a chain saw to remove it. To be on the safe side, I used a shaving mirror.

 

[PCeBiker]

My e-bike just suffered from metal fatigue too.
The rack broke. Damn near fell off with my battery attached to it,..

 

[spokewrench]

My e-bike just suffered from metal fatigue too.
The rack broke. Damn near fell off with my battery attached to it,..

Metal fatigue, punctures, chain wear, and pedal strikes will someday be problems of the past.

 

[Urbancowboy]

No no no no no! To adjust a bicycle seat, everyone needs a square, a pull saw, a hole saw, and rasps! (My support levels the rails.)

Unlike wood, metal gets tired. After 950 miles of bumps, my alloy seat tube extension broke. After another 25 miles, the steel post bent. As on two other bikes, I had to add support. Putting a board across my ballast box entailed cutting down one side so I can slide in and out a case of Milwaukee's Best ballast.

Wood might seem ideal for custom bike helmets, but on a rainy day, mine swelled so tight that I needed a chain saw to remove it. To be on the safe side, I used a shaving mirror.


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That is one way of "thinking"out of the Box.
Cheers