Mahle hub motors - removing rear wheel
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N0bodyOfTheGoat
Senior Member
- Location
- Hampshire, UK
You end up with a few more loose bits to place somewhere safe while removing the rear wheel, compared to say removing a bolt thru axle, but it isn't rocket science.
Iirc, you disconnect the battery cable plug/socket to the hub, then there's a nut and shaped washer on each side of the axle. When putting back together, make sure axle is putting the power cable in correct place to plug back in.
I took the rear wheel off my bargain GT egrade Bolt (mine came from Paul's Cycles, think RM Cycles still have some for ~£1249) not long after having had it delivered back in April, so I could swap the 40mm Nano tyre for a more road orientated 40mm Marathon Supreme, but it also gave me confidence about what I needed to do if I got a rear puncture.
Iirc, you disconnect the battery cable plug/socket to the hub, then there's a nut and shaped washer on each side of the axle. When putting back together, make sure axle is putting the power cable in correct place to plug back in.
I took the rear wheel off my bargain GT egrade Bolt (mine came from Paul's Cycles, think RM Cycles still have some for ~£1249) not long after having had it delivered back in April, so I could swap the 40mm Nano tyre for a more road orientated 40mm Marathon Supreme, but it also gave me confidence about what I needed to do if I got a rear puncture.
fritz katzenjammer
Der Ubergrosserbudgie
Care in handling the motor’s power cable is key to the job. Note the position and routing of the cable and all of the wheel’s spacers and washers before doing anything. Disconnect the cable and free it of any clips or ties before attempting to remove the wheel.
Also note that the cable only plugs in one way. There will be an arrow or marker of some sort on both sides of the connectors, find them before you unplug it.
Sounds obvious but you’d be amazes at the damage done by careless mistakes.
Also note that the cable only plugs in one way. There will be an arrow or marker of some sort on both sides of the connectors, find them before you unplug it.
Sounds obvious but you’d be amazes at the damage done by careless mistakes.
twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
- Location
- Over the Hill
I painted those white so much easier to see, especially on a grim grey day/at night
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
I have had 2 ebikes with hub motors and it does take a bit more to do than a normal bike
First one had a power cable for the motor than was hard wired in
apparently you could disconnect the cable - but doing so was stupidly fiddly from the YouTube videos of it
but I found that I could release the 2 nuts (you might have quick releases) that hold the wheel in place
and then most jobs could be accomplished by tilting the wheel at an angle
This allowed the tyre and tube to come out
first time is seemed like I needed 4 hand to do it - but a bit of practise and it was OK
all others I have tried have had a push-pull connector on the cable at some point and once that was disconnected the wheel just came out like a normal bike
just a bit heavier!!
I did need to cut one of two cable ties - but the while thing worked fine without them
First one had a power cable for the motor than was hard wired in
apparently you could disconnect the cable - but doing so was stupidly fiddly from the YouTube videos of it
but I found that I could release the 2 nuts (you might have quick releases) that hold the wheel in place
and then most jobs could be accomplished by tilting the wheel at an angle
This allowed the tyre and tube to come out
first time is seemed like I needed 4 hand to do it - but a bit of practise and it was OK
all others I have tried have had a push-pull connector on the cable at some point and once that was disconnected the wheel just came out like a normal bike
just a bit heavier!!
I did need to cut one of two cable ties - but the while thing worked fine without them
