Changing the gear ratio is the best idea I have heard. It is chain drive though. A smaller gear might be a problem. It does have a friction idler. I will have to do some testing to see if the motor or the pot is the problem but I am assuming the worst. It coasts easily so drag isn't the problem. It has 3 wires comming from the pot. Not sure what to do to get them to respond without the pot. I was just thinking of shorting them together. This thing has no tech. manual just an installation manual. Lawrence Rhodes.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Hart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 10:37 AM Subject: Re: Currie overheating/related problems
> Lawrence Rhodes wrote: > > > > Well I have over heated my Currie electric bike conversion 3 times and my > > wife also overheated it over the course of the 2 or 3 years that we have had > > it. It cost 600 bucks but seemed to work well on the flats. It however > > doesn't work well on hills which is the reason that we have it. It now > > after being heated up and gone into nowork mode to save itself from frying > > won't work at full speed anymore. Currie wouldn't give us a new motor when > > we first bought it saying they all do that. What can I do about fixing this > > motor so it will be a better hill performer. We have probably only put a > > few hundred miles on it in a couple or three years. It is fully enclosed > > with no venting. Mirror finish case. Lawrence Rhodes.... > > Sounds like a poor design. Can you remove that decorative cover and > replace it with a ventilated cover, or add fan cooling? How does the > motor drive the wheel; can you change gear ratios so it performs better > on hills? > -- > Lee A. Hart Ring the bells that still can ring > 814 8th Ave. N. Forget your perfect offering > Sartell, MN 56377 USA There is a crack in everything > leeahart_at_earthlink.net That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen >
