Thanks for putting this video up on your UA-cam channel. My wife has a Pride Apex Rapid, but it has a similar if not the same Transaxle. One of the wheels stopped rotating. I followed your video and stripped the Axle down. The part which was broken, was a Needle bearing in the Aluminium bracket that retains the Shaft to the frame, Pride in the Uk do not sell this part separately, and that I would need purchase a new translaxle, motor and brake at a cost of £350. Thanks to your video the costs were as follows, all parts purchased on eBay 1off Needle bearing £3 2off Oil seals £5 1off A4 sheet to Gasket Sheet £1.50 Total cost £9.50 The apex is running very smooth and quiet. Cheers
I'm happy that it worked for you! I made this video because there basically weren't any (except for ua-cam.com/video/BisDkA-8GkE/v-deo.html). Like you said, didn't want to spend hundreds of dollars if it was only a few dollars for a bearing. I reused all my gaskets and seals. I couldn't find any of the gear parts anywhere online - if anything else went bad, no choice but to buy a new transaxle.
Excellent video! I just picked up one of these GoGo scooters a couple of weeks ago cheap because "it was broken". New batteries (lithium this time, and a lithium battery charger) and away we went. Couple of suggestions - when you put the electrical connector back on the frame you mentioned that it can be aligned using the scratches on the frame. Would have been helpful to point those out. Second, start using BLUE Loctite thread locker on everything. For those unfamiliar with Loctite, the Blue is meant to come apart again. It's stiff but it can be unscrewed. The RED Loctite is permanent. You're into angle grinders and acetylene torches to remove bolts put in with red. Don't use red. Again, great video, and thanks!!
Thanks. Where did you get the lithium ion battery- that would be great to have. For the electrical, hopefully the video was clear, but yes, these videos aren’t that easy to do. Great idea with the locktite blue, will get some. I think the wheels where put on with blue and I still couldn’t unscrew the bolt luckily I didn’t have to.
@@tongmovies Not sure if you got my other replay, so I'll do it again. The batteries (12V 15Ah Lifepo4 Battery Lithium Ion Deep Cycle Energy Storage) and lithium battery charger (24V Scooter Charger 29.4V 5A Charger for 7S24V Li-ion Battery XLR Connector) came from Amazon. Had to open up the scooter's battery lugs on the wiring just a little to take the slightly larger lithium battery terminal screws. These lithium batteries are maybe half the weight of the lead-acid's!! That charger has the correct XLR connector on it and it just plugged into the scooter and charged the lithiums. I bought a used Snap-On battery powered Impact Gun on Ebay several years ago and after getting it rebuilt along with new lithium Ion batteries, it makes short work of recalcitrant bolts. It loosens bolts my air powered impact gun won't move.
No matter were I put the washer spacers i still get a grinding noise when its assembled. Pulling my hair out I even purchased another teanaxle to follow exact layout of each part is correct.
It’s possible that one of the gears or the spindle is damaged. Also, make sure the two wheel bearings are good. It’s difficult to see thru all the grease
Thank you for your video it was very informative. But it would've been easier to view if all the inner parts were washed with a degreaser solution to remove all small broken parts and regreased them with new grease.
Thank you for posting this video. My question is do I need to put a sealant on the gasket when closing the transaxle? My gasket is in good shape and I didn't see any signs it had a sealant originally
If the gasket is good, then no. I just reused my good gasket and I was good to go. No leaks. Also the grease is very thick and doesn’t really go anywhere.
Good video: very informative except for the cleaning....as an ex automotive mechanic, I always cleaned all parts with a diesel/varsal mixture, before reinstalling any new parts. Especially old oil/grease, that retains old metal filings. I shutter by seeing not just this vid, but others as well, where nothing was done to clean and replace the old contaminated grease/oil with fresh oil/grease, or even new oil/grease added. The life of the part would benefit greatly if this were to be done.
You mentioned before you disassembled that you found it sluggish when you rode it. Could you still ride it with all the damage that you found? Or did I hear wrong?
You can hear the noise. Technically it was rideable. However, after taking it apart, it’s apparent that it was a very bad idea to do so. Even to push it around. Running it will damage the spindle. I cannot find anyone who sells the spindle or gears. Only the bearings are easily available. So if the spindle or gears break , there’s no way to replace them. If you know anyone who sells them, let us all know.
A few years ago I bought several transaxles and frames and power supplies and motors for these three wheelers I noticed one transaxle I have is about 2 in wider and has a motor that's 3 in longer the motor that it replaced was very short and very underpowered but I guess my point is there's a little bit of difference in all of these scooters but not much my power chairs have a lot more torque
The scooter I have is a smaller one. That’s good because it’s much more transportable which means it gets used more. However we should have gotten the 4 wheel version for better stability and tip resistance. The 3 wheel tips over easily.
@@tongmovies I only buy them when I get a good deal I don't have a prescription I got the jazzy for $400 and it was and still is like new and the hover around at a thrift store is almost like new and it's a Cadillac for $150 I'd like to put some bigger tires and new batteries on that one although it will run a couple of hours
@@tongmovies the little short motor on the cheapest three-wheeler will trip out going up any Hill and the motor I had on this one was wore out anyway so I upgraded my motor to the big one I haven't tried it out yet but someone had already tried replacing the batteries but I got to noticing in reverse the motor made a sound and that was the brushes wore out and the bearing going at the motor did not spend very well when I had it out one other
Thank you very much, your video has given me the confidence to try it myself. I have a scooter for everyday but wanted one to fit in the car. I picked one up for £100 and its making the same noise. Ill let you know how i get on. Thanks again. BTW is it worth stripping down the motor? i can't see any brushes accessible from the outside, can you tell me are they inside or is it brushless. TTFN Terence UK
I've not striped down the motor. I've only done what's on the video. By the way, if it's making the same sound, stop driving it or even moving the wheels. It could damage the corkscrew drive spindle beyond repair. I've looked, but I cannot find any parts for this transaxle except for the wheel bearings. So if anything else fails/breaks, we're out of luck, you've got to replace the entire unit for over $300. At a certain point, if would be cheaper to buy two or three used scooters for spare parts.
I have a similar scooter from Golden Tech (Buzzaround). I have opened the motor on that one after overheating it, toasting the lacquer winding insulation. Cleaned it up and amazingly it does still work. Yes, carbon brushes with springs. I am certain all of these scooters use brushes.
My scooter is doing the same thing and I changed out the bearings and regressed it but it still is doing the same thing. Any thoughts on how I can repair this? Motor?
About the only repair you can do is to replace those two bearings. Check the spindle and gears to see if the got damaged. If they are damaged, you’re out of luck. I don’t know anyone who sell those parts. Also make sure you don’t have any damaged pieces left inside. You could also buy a used scooter for cheap and use the parts from that. Or buy a new transaxle but that’s about $400.
No need to do extra work when it’s not necessary. Scooter still working, though admittedly it’s not being used much. Don’t understand your vintage comment.
wish i could find someone to redo the gears etc like this, i have a pride legend xl that can no longer to get transaxles etc, and 2 other transaxles but no one to redo them, cant get another though medicare since the rules to get them go tighter because of fraud, people selling etc,, the requirements thru medicare are so tight to get approved you be in such bad shape you couldnt use one anyway
Might want to check monsterscooterparts.com . Not cheap and you have to do the work yourself, but it’s an option. I don’t know your budget, but you can get a new Gogo ultra for under $900. I actually like the smaller cheaper scooters because they are much easier to use. Easier to transport easier to drive.
The way they make that motor gear is ridiculous that's an invitation for failure anyway I would have straight cut gears or at least helical cut I need to go through my motorcycle transmission gears and rebuild one of these boxes with some good gears
No wonder there's so many crows. This video is so boring. I skipped 80% of it. I don't need to see you undo every single scew. But, thanks for the vid.
Thats a fail. That entire assembly needed to flushed with solvent, all sealed bearings replaced, gears inspected after cleaning, then a re grease of cartridge bearings and gears.
@@tongmovies True. As I just said to one of my felo scooterist somedays I think why bother I have a U,beaut scooter but other days I'm like let's see if I can do this .I guess it has something to do with my mechanical background 😁
@@tongmovies ok let me simplify it for you . Get a mechanical driven alternator and change the cog that drives the alternator exchange it for a small wheel and run it off the scooter wheel( make the scooter wheel rotate the little wheel that has been exchanged for the alternator cog.. then we have the wiring there is something called a one way flow so the alternator only generates power back to the battery NOT the battery sends power down the alternator...think about it😁
I know it's Overkill but I installed a grease fitting/zerk fitting up at top so I don't have to pull it apart to grease it but it will need a vent hole very small and you can keep it filled with a small dab of silicone at the top
You’re right, but I had this this thick grease already that looked very similar and it worked for wheel bearings. So far, it’s still working, but we don’t put that many miles on it.
I didn't have to take those bearings off, so I don't know. There was a pin holding the axle, but you would have seen that. Another suggestion is removing the wheel, but I wasn't able to do that because the nut was so tight - that's why I didn't remove the wheel from this video because I couldn't - lucky I didn't have to.
We have on for father law and it's showing full charge but it will just stop on him and then will go 2 feet and stop changed batteries worked for a bit then same thing I'm wondering if it's the battery connectors any other suggestions did that ever happen to you
No it hasn't. If you're sure the battery is good, it probably something else. That's going to take a bit of troubleshooting. Could be a loose connection, controller going bad, sticky dials. Try to toggle the Neutral/Drive lever many times - could be sticking. Toggle the paddles (when it's off) many times. Turn the speed dial back and forth many times.
I have the same transaxle on my scooter and the outside needle bearing failed on the transaxle housing. I replaced both needle bearings and proceeded to put it back together. Everything goes together fine except for the 4 washers (2 thin and 2 thick). I cannot determine where each washer installs on the shaft. I think the larger washers go on each housing up against the housing with the pins on top of them. I put the smaller washers on top of the gears that fit into the pins on each housing. It all looks like a good fit but I cannot get the housings together all the way. Any help on where these 4 washers go would be very appreciated.
If you look at 13:45, perhaps that's the issue - pull up? Also there shouldn't be more than 1 washer per section. And I think I only had 3 washers. I don't believe I had a washer between the gears at 10:41, which I thought was strange - notice how flush it is. The extra washer could be at the outer edges.
ua-cam.com/video/Qyw7SaRtn28/v-deo.html I drew this up by memory and thru pictures and videos. Are you sure you have the same transaxle, mine is from a GoGo UltraX. The Elite's might be the same. I only count 3 washers and they appear to be the same size.
I think there should only be 3 washers, one behind the pin on each axle ( this pin stops the shaft pulling out, and takes the power from the gear to the shaft), make sure the gear seats properly with the pin buried inside the gear, the longer shaft then requires a third washer on top of the gear; this is just a spacer and may be the reason you've got 4 washers, are they all the same thickness; if you'v got two thin ones put them here. Next you must put the differential unit on the long shaft, make sure it's meshing properly with the axle, finally put the two parts back together, you can't put a washer between the short shaft and the diff' as there is no projecting shaft for it to sit on.
@@haroldstansel4150 , maybe, just a thought, take pictures, a lot of pictures next time so you can refer back when putting stuff together. ( just trying to help. )
Thanks for putting this video up on your UA-cam channel.
My wife has a Pride Apex Rapid, but it has a similar if not the same Transaxle.
One of the wheels stopped rotating.
I followed your video and stripped the Axle down.
The part which was broken, was a Needle bearing in the Aluminium bracket that retains the Shaft to the frame, Pride in the Uk do not sell this part separately, and that I would need purchase a new translaxle, motor and brake at a cost of £350.
Thanks to your video the costs were as follows, all parts purchased on eBay
1off Needle bearing £3
2off Oil seals £5
1off A4 sheet to Gasket Sheet £1.50
Total cost £9.50
The apex is running very smooth and quiet.
Cheers
I'm happy that it worked for you! I made this video because there basically weren't any (except for ua-cam.com/video/BisDkA-8GkE/v-deo.html). Like you said, didn't want to spend hundreds of dollars if it was only a few dollars for a bearing. I reused all my gaskets and seals. I couldn't find any of the gear parts anywhere online - if anything else went bad, no choice but to buy a new transaxle.
Excellent video! I just picked up one of these GoGo scooters a couple of weeks ago cheap because "it was broken". New batteries (lithium this time, and a lithium battery charger) and away we went. Couple of suggestions - when you put the electrical connector back on the frame you mentioned that it can be aligned using the scratches on the frame. Would have been helpful to point those out. Second, start using BLUE Loctite thread locker on everything.
For those unfamiliar with Loctite, the Blue is meant to come apart again. It's stiff but it can be unscrewed. The RED Loctite is permanent. You're into angle grinders and acetylene torches to remove bolts put in with red. Don't use red. Again, great video, and thanks!!
Thanks. Where did you get the lithium ion battery- that would be great to have. For the electrical, hopefully the video was clear, but yes, these videos aren’t that easy to do. Great idea with the locktite blue, will get some. I think the wheels where put on with blue and I still couldn’t unscrew the bolt luckily I didn’t have to.
@@tongmovies Not sure if you got my other replay, so I'll do it again. The batteries (12V 15Ah Lifepo4 Battery Lithium Ion Deep Cycle Energy Storage) and lithium battery charger (24V Scooter Charger 29.4V 5A Charger for 7S24V Li-ion Battery XLR Connector) came from Amazon. Had to open up the scooter's battery lugs on the wiring just a little to take the slightly larger lithium battery terminal screws. These lithium batteries are maybe half the weight of the lead-acid's!! That charger has the correct XLR connector on it and it just plugged into the scooter and charged the lithiums. I bought a used Snap-On battery powered Impact Gun on Ebay several years ago and after getting it rebuilt along with new lithium Ion batteries, it makes short work of recalcitrant bolts. It loosens bolts my air powered impact gun won't move.
Thanks for doing this video. I now think I can fix the problem with the Go Go elite traveller I just acquired
That’s great. Let us know how it turns out.
Very well explained sir.
Exactly what I was looking for! Thanks.
Thank you for watching. Appreciate very much.
Very informative thanks
Very well executed !!!!
No matter were I put the washer spacers i still get a grinding noise when its assembled. Pulling my hair out I even purchased another teanaxle to follow exact layout of each part is correct.
It’s possible that one of the gears or the spindle is damaged. Also, make sure the two wheel bearings are good. It’s difficult to see thru all the grease
Great video. VBery helpful thanks very much.
Thanks, glad it helped.
Thank you for your video it was very informative. But it would've been easier to view if all the inner parts were washed with a degreaser solution to remove all small broken parts and regreased them with new grease.
Yes, very good point. Thanks.
Great video. Keep it up!
Thank you for posting this video. My question is do I need to put a sealant on the gasket when closing the transaxle?
My gasket is in good shape and I didn't see any signs it had a sealant originally
If the gasket is good, then no. I just reused my good gasket and I was good to go. No leaks. Also the grease is very thick and doesn’t really go anywhere.
Good video: very informative except for the cleaning....as an ex automotive mechanic, I always cleaned all parts with a diesel/varsal mixture, before reinstalling any new parts. Especially old oil/grease, that retains old metal filings. I shutter by seeing not just this vid, but others as well, where nothing was done to clean and replace the old contaminated grease/oil with fresh oil/grease, or even new oil/grease added. The life of the part would benefit greatly if this were to be done.
Thanks, and you are right. At 12:20 there is a disclaimer....
nice, you should have taken a file to that chipped tooth while you had it apart, would be no click then. Still, not a bad job, well informed.
Great video!
Thanks!
New grease made mine new.
So what was it before it was a axle?
They didn’t say.
You mentioned before you disassembled that you found it sluggish when you rode it. Could you still ride it with all the damage that you found? Or did I hear wrong?
You can hear the noise. Technically it was rideable. However, after taking it apart, it’s apparent that it was a very bad idea to do so. Even to push it around. Running it will damage the spindle. I cannot find anyone who sells the spindle or gears. Only the bearings are easily available. So if the spindle or gears break , there’s no way to replace them. If you know anyone who sells them, let us all know.
@@tongmovies no i don't know where to find parts.
cut the axle gear, the big gear or have a collar made for the axles and put a chain and sprockets on it, sprocket size is a choice of how fast to go
What is the size of the bearings
A few years ago I bought several transaxles and frames and power supplies and motors for these three wheelers I noticed one transaxle I have is about 2 in wider and has a motor that's 3 in longer the motor that it replaced was very short and very underpowered but I guess my point is there's a little bit of difference in all of these scooters but not much my power chairs have a lot more torque
The scooter I have is a smaller one. That’s good because it’s much more transportable which means it gets used more. However we should have gotten the 4 wheel version for better stability and tip resistance. The 3 wheel tips over easily.
@@tongmovies I only buy them when I get a good deal I don't have a prescription I got the jazzy for $400 and it was and still is like new and the hover around at a thrift store is almost like new and it's a Cadillac for $150 I'd like to put some bigger tires and new batteries on that one although it will run a couple of hours
@@tongmovies the little short motor on the cheapest three-wheeler will trip out going up any Hill and the motor I had on this one was wore out anyway so I upgraded my motor to the big one I haven't tried it out yet but someone had already tried replacing the batteries but I got to noticing in reverse the motor made a sound and that was the brushes wore out and the bearing going at the motor did not spend very well when I had it out one other
@@ronald5629 I put way more grease in there especially on those bearings it doesn't hurt to put more grease than needed
@@ronald5629 update new grease and it doesn't trip out anymore
Thank you very much, your video has given me the confidence to try it myself. I have a scooter for everyday but wanted one to fit in the car. I picked one up for £100 and its making the same noise. Ill let you know how i get on. Thanks again. BTW is it worth stripping down the motor? i can't see any brushes accessible from the outside, can you tell me are they inside or is it brushless. TTFN Terence UK
I've not striped down the motor. I've only done what's on the video. By the way, if it's making the same sound, stop driving it or even moving the wheels. It could damage the corkscrew drive spindle beyond repair. I've looked, but I cannot find any parts for this transaxle except for the wheel bearings. So if anything else fails/breaks, we're out of luck, you've got to replace the entire unit for over $300. At a certain point, if would be cheaper to buy two or three used scooters for spare parts.
I have a similar scooter from Golden Tech (Buzzaround). I have opened the motor on that one after overheating it, toasting the lacquer winding insulation. Cleaned it up and amazingly it does still work. Yes, carbon brushes with springs. I am certain all of these scooters use brushes.
My scooter is doing the same thing and I changed out the bearings and regressed it but it still is doing the same thing. Any thoughts on how I can repair this? Motor?
About the only repair you can do is to replace those two bearings. Check the spindle and gears to see if the got damaged. If they are damaged, you’re out of luck. I don’t know anyone who sell those parts. Also make sure you don’t have any damaged pieces left inside. You could also buy a used scooter for cheap and use the parts from that. Or buy a new transaxle but that’s about $400.
Forgot the small spring washer under the motor drive. Small hole.
I'll have to check that out. Thanks.
Still do believe ya.,anyone can make a website
Question do u know where I can buy the 2 little piece show on your video?
The only thing i found sold were the wheel bearings. I bought them on Amazon.
What size bearings
See description. And 0:35.
The thing by the transaxle with the yellow lever. How do I put that back in?
The yellow lever is the transmission released so you can push the scooter. I never removed it. The cover should easier fit right over it
@@tongmovies how do you replace the motor then?
I didn’t have to replace the motor. But looking at it, maybe you just unbolt the four black screws holding that circular yellow lever unit.
anyone have the part number or link for the needle bearing and seals found in the transaxle housing?
Can’t find anything except for the bearings I replaced. You can probably make your own gaskets though.
not the wheel bearing it was the motor spindle support bearing.
What about the grease, ?
I didn't show it on the video, but I did say that you need to use grease. 1:00 and 12:20.
Do your even know how to make a gasket...Ok so ya vintage trans axle have gears where in 21st century pull apart a scooter with 2 independent motor's
No need to do extra work when it’s not necessary. Scooter still working, though admittedly it’s not being used much. Don’t understand your vintage comment.
Greta vid up until the point you did not show the wiring ???
Thanks. I didn't focus on the electrical since I didn't take any of that apart.
wish i could find someone to redo the gears etc like this, i have a pride legend xl that can no longer to get transaxles etc, and 2 other transaxles but no one to redo them, cant get another though medicare since the rules to get them go tighter because of fraud, people selling etc,, the requirements thru medicare are so tight to get approved you be in such bad shape you couldnt use one anyway
Might want to check monsterscooterparts.com . Not cheap and you have to do the work yourself, but it’s an option. I don’t know your budget, but you can get a new Gogo ultra for under $900. I actually like the smaller cheaper scooters because they are much easier to use. Easier to transport easier to drive.
Showing how to undo nuts and bolts?
Have you turned yourself into a solitary jail cell yet?
Lol. Not yet.
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The way they make that motor gear is ridiculous that's an invitation for failure anyway I would have straight cut gears or at least helical cut I need to go through my motorcycle transmission gears and rebuild one of these boxes with some good gears
Agreed.
@@tongmovies I believe if we keep them lubricated they will last better
No wonder there's so many crows. This video is so boring. I skipped 80% of it. I don't need to see you undo every single scew. But, thanks for the vid.
That’s the beauty of UA-cam. You can skip. Also, this video is half the length of other similar videos…. Thanks for watching
So slow my god
Thats a fail. That entire assembly needed to flushed with solvent, all sealed bearings replaced, gears inspected after cleaning, then a re grease of cartridge bearings and gears.
Same bearing explodes in every scooter transaxle iv opened . Too bad they cant make a better design
@@tumanskychikov7255 agreed. Definitely need better bearings for sure. Basically a $1 bearing ruins a $350 transaxle.
Ok MR do right. Answer ASP too. You could use any electronic motor to drive a mobility scooter hey?
I suppose so. But it would take too much time and effort to get it to work.
@@tongmovies True. As I just said to one of my felo scooterist somedays I think why bother I have a U,beaut scooter but other days I'm like let's see if I can do this .I guess it has something to do with my mechanical background 😁
@@tongmovies ok let me simplify it for you . Get a mechanical driven alternator and change the cog that drives the alternator exchange it for a small wheel and run it off the scooter wheel( make the scooter wheel rotate the little wheel that has been exchanged for the alternator cog.. then we have the wiring there is something called a one way flow so the alternator only generates power back to the battery NOT the battery sends power down the alternator...think about it😁
@@tongmovies back to square one. Me uncle explained my first method solar power panel this seems the easiest way
Great video. Clear filming and well paced. Thanks
Do you all except United Healthcare to purchase a mobility scooter?
Is there a bigger motor that will fit this type transaxle
I have no idea. However, considering that the bearings and other parts can fail so easily, a more powerful motor can break it even faster.
I know it's Overkill but I installed a grease fitting/zerk fitting up at top so I don't have to pull it apart to grease it but it will need a vent hole very small and you can keep it filled with a small dab of silicone at the top
@Peter Hicks sounds like a good one that's what they should have
wheel bearing grease is fine, but the original grease was CV grease, that nasty black grease.
You’re right, but I had this this thick grease already that looked very similar and it worked for wheel bearings. So far, it’s still working, but we don’t put that many miles on it.
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This is an excellent video. I have a question about how to remove the opposite axle support bearing. I can’t slide it off.
I didn't have to take those bearings off, so I don't know. There was a pin holding the axle, but you would have seen that. Another suggestion is removing the wheel, but I wasn't able to do that because the nut was so tight - that's why I didn't remove the wheel from this video because I couldn't - lucky I didn't have to.
We have on for father law and it's showing full charge but it will just stop on him and then will go 2 feet and stop changed batteries worked for a bit then same thing I'm wondering if it's the battery connectors any other suggestions did that ever happen to you
No it hasn't. If you're sure the battery is good, it probably something else. That's going to take a bit of troubleshooting. Could be a loose connection, controller going bad, sticky dials. Try to toggle the Neutral/Drive lever many times - could be sticking. Toggle the paddles (when it's off) many times. Turn the speed dial back and forth many times.
Could also be the speed pot or throttle pot
I have the same transaxle on my scooter and the outside needle bearing failed on the transaxle housing. I replaced both needle bearings and proceeded to put it back together. Everything goes together fine except for the 4 washers (2 thin and 2 thick). I cannot determine where each washer installs on the shaft. I think the larger washers go on each housing up against the housing with the pins on top of them. I put the smaller washers on top of the gears that fit into the pins on each housing. It all looks like a good fit but I cannot get the housings together all the way. Any help on where these 4 washers go would be very appreciated.
If you look at 13:45, perhaps that's the issue - pull up? Also there shouldn't be more than 1 washer per section. And I think I only had 3 washers. I don't believe I had a washer between the gears at 10:41, which I thought was strange - notice how flush it is. The extra washer could be at the outer edges.
@@tongmovies Thanks for the feedback. I am still at a loss at where all the washers go. Would be wonderful to find a parts schematic on this axle.
ua-cam.com/video/Qyw7SaRtn28/v-deo.html I drew this up by memory and thru pictures and videos. Are you sure you have the same transaxle, mine is from a GoGo UltraX. The Elite's might be the same. I only count 3 washers and they appear to be the same size.
I think there should only be 3 washers, one behind the pin on each axle ( this pin stops the shaft pulling out, and takes the power from the gear to the shaft), make sure the gear seats properly with the pin buried inside the gear, the longer shaft then requires a third washer on top of the gear; this is just a spacer and may be the reason you've got 4 washers, are they all the same thickness; if you'v got two thin ones put them here. Next you must put the differential unit on the long shaft, make sure it's meshing properly with the axle, finally put the two parts back together, you can't put a washer between the short shaft and the diff' as there is no projecting shaft for it to sit on.
@@haroldstansel4150 , maybe, just a thought, take pictures, a lot of pictures next time so you can refer back when putting stuff together. ( just trying to help. )
Looks like it is the bearing on the end of the motor drive shaft,why call it the wheel bearing?
I searched wheel bearing on Amazon . I guess ball bearing would work also.