EV Weblog Comments - Motorheads! http://www.evconvert.com/ Helping people get rid of Gas since 1995 by: James May (Motorheads!) http://www.evconvert.com/article/motorheads#c000502 <p><strong>Motorheads!</strong></p><p>Thanks Woody</p> by: Woody Becher (Motorheads!) http://www.evconvert.com/article/motorheads#c000500 <p><strong>Motorheads!</strong></p><p>Best way to check for bearing damage is with a vibration monitor if you can access one. It can detect vibrations in tune with RPMs to give 1st, 2nd etc. vibrations and can differentiate between allignment, ballance, bearings etc.</p> by: James May (Motorheads!) http://www.evconvert.com/article/motorheads#c000498 <p><strong>Motorheads!</strong></p><p>Mine rumbles under regeneration. I hope the shft adapter hasn’t moved! I expect I’ll get round to looking at it in the summer. Will probably lighten the flywheel while I’m in there. Its too heavy.</p> by: Jerry Halstead (Motorheads!) http://www.evconvert.com/article/motorheads#c000496 <p><strong>Motorheads!</strong></p><p>Good news, Woody. I guess that means you’ll get better range if you drive with both wheels on the ground too? ”:^)</p> <p>Hey James, I had an incident with my first EV where the adaptor slid into the front face of the motor and slowly wore it away over the years, thereby destroying the bearing. The only indication was that it didn’t “sound” right.</p> by: James May (Motorheads!) http://www.evconvert.com/article/motorheads#c000495 <p><strong>Motorheads!</strong></p><p>By the way, I am suspicious of my motor bearings. The flywheel doesn’t seem to keep spinning when the power is off the way I think it should. Does any one have any idea what the symptoms are for worn motor bushes/bearings?</p> by: James May (Motorheads!) http://www.evconvert.com/article/motorheads#c000494 <p><strong>Motorheads!</strong></p><p>Glad it was something simple!</p> by: Woody Becher (Motorheads!) http://www.evconvert.com/article/motorheads#c000493 <p><strong>Motorheads!</strong></p><p>I spent a lot of time trying to figure out why the back wheels turned so hard. I disconnected the drive shaft and found that it turned easily. Asked a mechanic and he said the back wheels should turn very easy when jacked up….unless you happen to have a posi-trac rear end….uh…thanks. When both wheels are turned at the same time they moved freely. Go figure. The real problem ended up being the rear caliper pistons were not free in the cylinder. I lubed them up and had the rotors turned and WOW! The car uses 1/2 amps and gets more than twice the range. Thanks guys!</p> by: James May (Motorheads!) http://www.evconvert.com/article/motorheads#c000484 <p><strong>Motorheads!</strong></p><p>I run 41/42 psi on 36 Max recommeded tyres. I’m not going very fast and I think that rating is for a speed of 70MPH. The high front tyre pressure makes my steering nice and light. The car doesn’t grip like a racing car but it does have good poise with all that low down weight.<br />I’ll be watching the tyres for centre tread wear but I will be surprised if I get it appreciably.<br />I had quite bad toe out when I got the car. It does waste a little bit of energy so it, and any other geometry maladies might be worth checking</p> by: Woody Becher (Motorheads!) http://www.evconvert.com/article/motorheads#c000481 <p><strong>Motorheads!</strong></p><p>Checked the brakes…not it. Tires are at 47psi (44 max recommended)don’t know how high I should go. Tonight I will drain the differential, check carrier bearing on drive shaft etc. I’ll disconnect the drive shaft and isolate it to the rear-end at least.</p> by: Jerry Halstead (Motorheads!) http://www.evconvert.com/article/motorheads#c000475 <p><strong>Motorheads!</strong></p><p>Congratulations Woody!</p> <p>Tires is a good check. Also, I’d prop it up on jacks and check to see how freely each wheel turns. Make sure you don’t have stuck brake pads or cables.</p> <p>My old nissan truck kept having it’s emergency brake line system rusting up and the rear brakes would be partially on all of the time. Real bummer.</p> by: James May (Motorheads!) http://www.evconvert.com/article/motorheads#c000472 <p><strong>Motorheads!</strong></p><p>Pump your tyres up really high, Woody. My little EV uses about 100A-120A at 35MPH at 96V. Hills make all the difference. Check for brakes binding and possibly replace the gear oil.</p> by: Woody Becher (Motorheads!) http://www.evconvert.com/article/motorheads#c000471 <p><strong>Motorheads!</strong></p><p>Made Maiden voyage with Nissan this weekend (buddies have named it Juicy.) It seems to be drawing too many amps (200-300 just to maintain 30-40mph) How much does your’s draw.</p> by: Jerry Halstead (Motorheads!) http://www.evconvert.com/article/motorheads#c000467 <p><strong>Motorheads!</strong></p><p>That’s excellent!</p> <p>I think I inadvertently sprayed some of that stuff in my garage…</p> by: Gerrit (Motorheads!) http://www.evconvert.com/article/motorheads#c000465 <p><strong>Motorheads!</strong></p><p>I came across this add on your site today. HTTP://sironic.com/order_remover.jpg<br />Entropy in a can: Use a little for disorder. Use a lot for total chaos.</p> by: Jerry Halstead (Motorheads!) http://www.evconvert.com/article/motorheads#c000357 <p><strong>Motorheads!</strong></p>Ah, sorry about that. Sometimes “automatic” google ads come up with either totally wrong matches (“Meet Republican Singles!”) or features businesses that are less than reputable (“Big Bob’s Magnetic Fuel Atomizer”).<br /> <br /> If you send me an <a href="http://www.evconvert.com/">email</a> with the name of the company AND the url shown I should be able to filter them out.<br /> <br /> I've read various people's thoughts on these kinds of “bad” ads:<br /> <br /> * ignore them, ads that don’t get clicked much supposedly end up going down in rankings and being shown less by google<br /> * I try to filter them out, maybe google will lower ranking too?<br /> * leave them alone, hopefully people who click the ad figure out it's a scam and don't buy: company pays for ads, no sales, quits advertising <br /> <br /> I haven’t given any of them much thought nor condone any of these. It would be nice if I only saw ads that appealed to ME, but then again those might not be ads that appeal to YOU. Overall I think google does a pretty good job of showing ads that are on topic. by: Dan (Motorheads!) http://www.evconvert.com/article/motorheads#c000344 <p><strong>Motorheads!</strong></p>I think he’s refering to one of the “ads by google” for the <em>turbonator</em> (it’s a set of inline vortex-generator vanes you hook up to your car’s air intake). It sounds like Arnie should be giving testamonials for it. ;) by: Jerry Halstead (Motorheads!) http://www.evconvert.com/article/motorheads#c000343 <p><strong>Motorheads!</strong></p>supercharger? by: Greg Coleman (Motorheads!) http://www.evconvert.com/article/motorheads#c000340 <p><strong>Motorheads!</strong></p>That “supercharger” is a bigger ripoff than the one on ebay. Why was it included on this website??????? by: jcwinnie (Motorheads!) http://www.evconvert.com/article/motorheads#c000329 <p><strong>Motorheads!</strong></p>Land shark