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My kit arrived yesterday and took my about 1.5 hours to fit. It went on without a problem and i'm really happy with the outcome. However, the controller did'nt work and the LCD did'nt report an error code, so i've no idea what the problem is. I tried it on other electri kits i have and it did'nt work on any of them. Luckily, i have s spare controller and omce i set that one up instead all my problems ended. The wheel is fantastic and, other than the broken controller, i'm very happy with my electric.
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This product failed catastrophically on its first outing after 1 or 2 miles After ascending a moderate slope the hub was overheating and smelling. On the way home it burnt out completely. I opened up the hub and found some windings burnt out. Overheating and excessive current damaged the wheel hub motor. This is always a possibility of this and a correctly built item must have thermal and current limiting in its construction. This one does not. Even worse, it is not fitted with planetary gears in the hub as all fit for purpose hubs are fitted with planetary gears. This one has no planetary gears at all. Therefore if is prone to over heating because it has low torque. Conclusion: do not buy this type of ebike hub. If is very poor design and guaranteed to fail sooner or later, in my case sooner. Do not waste your money. Read full review
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Hi all, first of all it won't take you a hour to fit like it says on some videos on youtube. The first problem i had was the axle (10mm) on the electric hub wouldn't fit into my dropouts which are made of a soft metal Aluminum i think, so i filed either side of the dropouts about half a mil. Next i had a recess in my suspension forks so i bought some C-washers to strengthen the dropouts. I fitted a torque arm to the axle again for extra support to the forks. Also fitted a bb5 brake caliper because mine was slightly to wide & scraped on the hub It took me 3 weeks to fix to my bike mainly waiting for parts which i had get from abroad .Finely i bought a 48v battery from China . So i've been riding the bike for 2 weeks now & found that i could't get use to the PAS which activates the motor when you pedal and there's a short delay to i've taken it off . The twist throttle is sufficient for me. Have fun people i did ,should've bought one ages ago i love itRead full review
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Took some time to fit properly, main problem was getting it to fit nice in the forks, slot had to be ground deeper to alow for the axle to fit in a way that it wont open up the drop out slot with the torque...wheel has a nice wide surface for the rim brakes which work well even though the wheel is now deeper in the forks, the kit its self works well with better than expected power wisking you up to 30mph in no time without even pedaling, and is smooth and almost silent, unlike geared hubs. id definitly buy another one of these,,
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Bought 3 of these Voilamart 1000w 48v front conversion kits at the same time, all 3 had the same problem: Bent axles/tight bearings and REALLY noisy controllers. The bend in the axle makes it feel like you have a tyre fitted unevenly, I had to put every wheel in a vice and bend the axle straight, yes the metal used is quite soft (metal from China is notorious for being soft). The bearings start off tight and bind bud do free up after about 20 miles, but does make you wonder on the quality of them, hence why I have ordered a few sets of SKF bearings ready for when one bikes set fails. As for the controllers, most now use sine wave controllers, these are quiet and smooth, but no, not Voilamart! They use nasty really cheap square wave controllers, this makes the motor sound like a drill when accelerating and cruising with a buzz like a swarm of bees are following you. Also the controller is supposed to output 1000w, I used mine with a Turnigy 100 amp watt meter and it draws 580w peak up a hill under load, a far cry from the 1000w! Ditch the controller for a real 1000w sine wave one! All in all, the actual motor is ok if you are prepared to replace bearings at some stage and possibly need to straighten the axle. The kit is worth the £115 I paid, but no more seeing as you will need to replace the controller (which will mean also replacing the throttle) which is another £50 on top... *2022 update! March and the first set of bearings gave up, no warning, just went tight within a mile on a 15 mile ride. Lasted a lot longer than I thought though (about 800 miles). Also keep an eye on the spokes, as they work there way lose over time (twang them with your finger to make sure they all sound about the same note)... I can't believe the price of the conversion kit has gone up from £115 to £250 though! Shocking...Read full review
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