I did one, on a hardtail mtn bike which is now my commuter. As Joe says, the only special tools were to tighten those big locking nuts at the BB. I thought mine were tight enough first try, but the motor came loose and rotated down in under a thousand miles. I don't think you can overtighten. If mine comes loose again I will get one of those stabilizer bars that clamps to the chainstay, only about $20 and should work better. My other mechanical install issue was getting the chainring aligned, took a few trips to the local ebike shop for spacers at the BB and spacers on the ring. Each install may need some tweaks like that.
I think those high power mid-drives do need to depower when shifting, they are really hard on drive components. I did not use an inline shift cutout, instead use a cutout button. That has turned out to be useful as it works for shifting and also allows a quick way to go unboosted when maneuvering around cars or other objects at slow speeds. On Monday, April 27, 2020 at 6:52:48 PM UTC-7, J Imler wrote: > > This project is back. I’ve got a mid-drive Bafang BBSHD (1500w capable) > ordered. I plan on making some how-to videos during the install. I’ve read > a lot, bought tools for the job including a 1970’s Impact Driver from > Japan, mid-drive speciality components to protect the frame from torque > overload, airplane grease, etc... My goal is to reach local regional or > state park fun spots via bike with my boy in tow on his Burley trailer. > > Any BBSHD owners out there? > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8bf7defb-92e4-4e4b-becc-bb3ea52893b5%40googlegroups.com.
