SupasafeElectroLumberjack
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Hi all. I am mightily confused by the apparent build quality on my kona, and set up from the shop. Any help here would be much appreciated I want to get riding but also don't want to wreck the thing on its first outing! Unfortunately there were zero manuals supplied so its down to you guys and google to solve these...
Cheers for reading and I hope you can help!
- The rubber cover over the charging port does not fit snugly and will not seal against any form of moisture- is this normal?
- Fitting the battery- seems difficult and doesn't want to go in without forcing it- is there a technique?
- Fitting the downtube battery cover- this doesn't appear to be held in place with anything- it has tabs which will grab the battery and a rubber part which says 'lock' however there is nothing for this to lock into. I see also that the tabs can be attached to screws fitted to grooves along the battery however none of these were spplied and in any case it looks like this would inhibit the fitting of the battery? Is friction alone sufficient to hold the cover onto the battery?
- The downtube cover when held in place by hand has gaps at the top and the bottom, and the rubber 'lock' cover also does not close snugly, which will let lots of moisture in- is this normal? It's almost as though the cover is from a different bike...
- The front brake is rubbing- it's clearly been knocked and scraped in transit as it is badly gouged and paint has worn off. I have pushed the pads back in as the pistons had come out due to the seperator falling out (I removed pads and pushed with the handle of a table knife) and re-centralised the caliper (loosened bolts, held brake on, tightened bolts) however it is still rubbing- is there a better technique for either of these?
- The forks came with next to no air in them, I've pumped them up to 110 psi but they still appear to be sagging by about 5-10mm just sitting there- is this normal?
- The motor makes a clunk when the bike is wheeled backwards- is that just slack in the motor being taken up?
Cheers for reading and I hope you can help!