Sparkfire Rides Again!
After 4 long months, I finally got the EV back on the road. I apologize for not keeping this blog well updated. In the meantime I’ve done so many small tasks, that it was hard to blog about them. Here’s a short list of the things I completed: Fixed the driveshaft Connected the transmission housing [...]
Sparkfire Adaptor Plate
Progress has been slow lately on the direct drive conversion for my EV. I’ve been a bit busy with life lately. There’s been a lot of planning and discussing with local experts concerning the best way to implement the direct drive system. I’ve settled on using the rear extension off of the back of the [...]
Loose Coupler!
When I took apart the transmission and motor, I found the source of the annoying squeak at low speeds: my coupler was falling apart! I thought I had used Loctite to keep the bolts together, but I couldn’t find any evidence of it. The coupler was loose on the motor shaft, and the clutch plate [...]
Pulling the motor
I had some time to spend on the EV, so I decided to get cracking. I have some ideas of how I’m going to solve the problem of the broken transmission, but it’s difficult to know if they’ll work without getting in there and measuring clearances and such. The first thing I need to do [...]
