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Fun, isnt it 😃 Have plenty of experience pulling early Kickrs apart. Drive shaft bearings were flogged in mine. The OEM belt tensioner retention bolts are made of butter. I've had the heads snap off in two gen 1 Kickrs. Standard maintenance for all gen 1 through gen 4 should include replacing with quality (M5 I think) bolts ASAP. Before you have to drill the old ones out and retap the thread 😒 As per my comment on your shorter flywheel removal video, a 26mm socket is the correct tool to remove the drive gear. The driveshaft bearings do wear out so it's worth changing them on a high mileage Kickr if you have the shaft out or if they feel or sound rough. Optical sensor failure is common in early gen Kickrs and can be repaired if you are skilled at board level soldering and can source the sensor. Mine was fixed by a friend. However, the processor chip is prone to failure as well and that can't be fixed. They haven't been manufactured for many years so the only hope is cannibalising another old Kickr and using the board from that. If you do, you will inherit the BT and ANT ID from the surrogate Kickr. Did you confirm what the issue was?

A 26mm socket is actually the correct tool to remove that drive gear on the flywheel shaft. I was given instructions by the Australian distributor several years ago. The socket engages very well with the teeth and minimises the risk of damage that can be done when you use grips with enough force to hold the gear.

Impossible for me. Used a car to pull..

Super amazing video here man. Thanks for doing ALL the heavy lifting!

If the tire is good, you could try removing tire, fix the tape and reinstall tire - could be an epic video ;)

Air is coming out the spokes on my front wheel on my mountain bike but the axle is completely rounded so i cant get it off. What can i do?

Nice homestar runner reference!

Where do you get chip/board replacements?

Did you find the issue? I have the same problem

what about tightening the spoke ?

Just converted rear wheel to tubeless after cracking an old rim, and I decided to use painters tape as rim tape 😅. It was leaking out of the spokes for me too and I really didn’t want to take the tire off cause I have cushcore in it, but I got it to seal up somehow , and it seems to hold!

Couldn't you use the same setup but with a 40volt 8amp battery by the same manufacturer?

Hey, I'm not sure if you're still looking for an answer to this question, but I have an original Faraday that is still working. The power selector switch doesn't affect how fast the wheel spins when you're not riding the bike. It determines the maximum power output. The controller uses information from the bottom bracket as well as your speed to determine how much to assist. So the way to tell if it's working correctly is to ride it. There's a big difference between the low power mode and the high power mode under load. However, it's only a 250W motor, so it won't be as much of an assist as a lot of current e-bikes. I believe they did come out with a 500W option shortly before they were acquired by Pon Holdings. The original controller also shuts off the motor when you exceed 20mph, so you can still ride faster than that by your own power and it conserves battery life by doing that. The battery on mine doesn't last as long as it used to and I was exploring replacement possibilities, so thanks for the video and blog post! One awesome upgrade I made to mine years ago was to replace the rear hub with a Rohloff 14-speed hub...

I think my faraday's battery has bricked. Did you do this using the existing controller? What's the battery life like? Are you in the SF Bay Area by chance?

Man I cringed when you were turning that wrench your hand so close to rotor

No spoke/nipple prep?

Todd, Could you lease tell or show the details of the connection from this new battery to the controller? The new battery only has 2 wires (1 black and 1 red) but the wires to the controller are more complexe like 1 wire with 3 pins and another one with 4 pins.

Are you the person who successfully connected a water bootle looking battery to a Faraday bike? Because I ordered this battery and would need details on the connection. Thanks

Once I have mounted rim tape afrer drinking o,5 vodka myself and it was better than this shit

To get to this point - did you leave the original battery pack in the frame, or did you just wire up the external battery to the leads that go to the controller from the original battery?

I also acquired one of these myself with a dead battery. I hooked up a variable power supply in place of the battery and got the motor to spin. Thinking that I was going to replace the odd 44v battery with a 48v battery, I ran a test with higher voltage (54.6v to simulate a fully charged 48v battery) and found that the motor cuts off at a voltage somewhere over 51 volts. Does yours work with new battery fully charged?

I don’t have that wrench thing…

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I love your opening song! 🤣😂🤣😂 TODD'S BIKE SHOP! TODD'S BIKE SHOP!

Are these ok to use on road/gravel bike?

works it on dtswiss center lock hub?

use gorilla tape i been useing it for years .. i still got it on my old wheels they been sitting in shed for past 5 months still rock hard prep is key clean them up dry take your time useing time 💯

I think that you need a lot more practice or training about the best ways\methods to apply rim tape. I mean no offense here btw. I have always used the ""Travel size" roll of regular black Gorilla tape because it is a perfect width for the majority of tires\wheels. I prefer this for many reasons over legit rim tapes. It is cheap and easy to find, it has amazing adhesive so you get a much better seal and less chance of tape riding up after everything is closed up (although does leave some residue if you have to change this tape), it is super strong and has a decent amount of stretch making it much easier to apply the first time nice and evenly, did I mention it's cheap? lol, lastly it can make seating your tire beads that much easier due to the thickness of the tape creating less room for the bead of the tire to occupy in the bead well of the rim. I know this is an old video so I'm sure you've got the hang of it by now but I just thought i would share my own personal experience.

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Amazing video