I started to collect esk8 parts around a year ago for my first build, which never really got completed. It then was run over and I became demoralized with the build for a while. Any way, got some cash so I ordered just enough parts to resurect my board with a few improvements.
This is my first post and it’s from my phone, so excuse my poor formatting.
The specs of the board are:
Wheels: MBS all terrain 101mm
Motor: Torqueboards 6573 230kv
Pulleys: 16-36
DIWhy motor mount
Piece O’ Crap Friends old Target skateboard Caliber 44 trucks
Abec 7 bearings
Mamba Monster 6s esc
Multi star 5200 10c batteries (2x4s in parallel.)
DIWhy Controler (literally made with spoons)
All my pictures just say “uploading” and have for a while. So if there aren’t any pics I’ll fix it when I can get on a computer.
Yeh, nice motor mount skills… but why did you just ‘‘cut a hole’’ in the mount to fit the tensioner pulley (bearings) wouldnt a regular hole be better?
Im not sure how tight is that bolt for your tensioner but for me it would look like securing in a hole the whole bolt would have been better… well unless you did not have much space and that pulley with that size bearings had to be at that exact location…
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Actually I got a bit inspired to perhaps try these big mbs wheels one day, too… if they can overcome rough terrain and curbs ok… it might be a good alternative to regular pneumatic wheels
I didn’t originally plan on the bearings to be that high, but it turned out I misjudged the length of the belt.
The wheels are amazing. I took them for a spin in sorta wet weather and the were great going off curbs and over rocks/sticks. Can’t wait to try them out with the motor!
Btw @NashTrash can you report what bearing size did you chose/ use?
Im also planning on installing a tensioner… i have not been to a gear shop yet but I would like to find something that fits on 5mm screw… as that is the current diameter of the hole I made for the motor mount.
So your input might be valuable in deciding what bearing to get
It’s just a realllly tight fit for the minute. I’m either going to epoxey it place and clean it up, or make some sort of set screw arrangement to keep it in place. I Don’t have a set of taps to do that so I’m still thinking of the best way to go about it.