Toyota Tercel Radiator Fan Motor Powers Ebike, Experiment 1

[RebmevonTheAmber]

@lucabrasiguy :

Can't--it hasn't existed for over a year. I moved up to different radiator fan motors running a friction drive, (DayGlo Avenger) which worked fine until one shaft broke (the batteries were failing anyway), and then I built a semi-recumbent bike to replace that, which works fairly well except for occasional chain problems, plus a regular hubmotor front wheel on DGA now. See the blog for details.

[lucabrasiguy]

Post a video of you riding it.

[glhman222]

i have a fan motor out of a mercedes benz im going to try and make work on an old schwinn breeze

[RebmevonTheAmber]

@glhman222 Don't forget to post the results!

[lykenth08]

whyyyy ohhhh hwy do people always forget to take of the reftector!!! its making the bounce and will fly off at high speed lol. a little advice =D nice work mate

[RebmevonTheAmber]

@lykenth08 No, the reflector is not doing that; the slime in the tube does that, along with the cheap unbalanced recycled tires and cheap unbalanced patched tubes.  :)

[Crouton351]

You should REALLY have someone true that wheel. All that force is gonna screw the bike up if it's not taken care of.

[RebmevonTheAmber]

@Crouton351 Unfortunately, the wheel *was* trued, though not perfectly. The problem is in the materials; see reply above to lykenth08

[poweruser69]

I have tryed a lot of motors??

I think it comes down to a continous duty motor to do the job.not a free running....

[2StrokeBurnOut]

i shoulda never killed my turcell :(

it was 1 tough car

good idea 4 the fan,lol

[Odziz]

That's really impressive, never though of using an auto fan motor for an electric bike.

Well my weekends sorted, I'm off down the scrap yard!

[davison1021]

well how was your weekend???