Recent content by Marc_250

Looks like my 26,000 miles E8000 will live on. Used/Dead/parts E8000s are pretty rare in the UK EP8s everywhere...guess maybe the ebike repair shops hoard then. I tried a few local bike shops thinking they'd have some dead ones sat on shelves but they all basically said they have absolutely...

Thanks I'll certainly consider it if I fail to locate just the part but would love to get this drive unit over 30k....

Well my (2nd) E8000 may finally be done having repaired it twice before with the main bearing been replaced first and then one of the crank bearing failing and replaced... But now it seems it's not a bearing failure but the teeth on whatever the below cog is have worn so much they have failed...

Picture Bike / Product Year: 2021 Manufacturer Shimano STEPS Model BT-E8016 Asking Price £180 Location UK Postcode DN22 Description I've just replaced this with a brand new one, was going to ebay this but apparently that's no longer allowed...happy to...

The factors for me not replacing any crank seals were: Availability, as in couldn't just go on Amazon and get a next day delivery of them like I did with the bearing(s). My bearing failed 1 day I was fixing it the next morning/afternoon and back riding it. Also my repair was a bit of a minimum...

Ha thanks I couldn't remember what the minimum wheel size was (to do the math) and couldn't really remember how/be bothered to connect the app to the bike to see! This is my second drive unit first one was warranty replaced around 18,000 miles so the bike has done roughly 40,000 miles total.....

Damn been a minute, many thousand problem free miles (bikes showing 12.5k miles but the wheel circumference has been set to min size since drive units day1 so would think it's into the 20k miles) later since the rebuild in October 2022 the 6808DD crank bearing started to collapse whilst out on...

It's a little over a year and 8000 or so more miles since my motor started sounding rough and I subsequently rebuilt it (new bearings and grease). Coming back after a 50 odd mile ride earlier this week it occurred to me it still sounds as sweet as a nut. There was some debate around grease at...

My first E8000 motor did over 18,000 miles derestricted/'chipped' in under 2 years before the crank bearings collapsed, my Dads Bosch Gen3 made it to around 24,000 miles.

I've never had that issue once so for it to strike when it did :mad: Little over 100 miles since I serviced it and so far so good.

Just finished my overhaul frustrating....(see below), just done a couple of miles and it's as quiet as it gets but will see how it holds up over a few thousand. There was/is a small crack/hole in the right side of the plastic casing that's been there since this motor was replaced under warranty...

Opened up mine today as it the fast paced shh shh (sometimes sounding like a tieclip been pulled) sound was getting louder. This is how it looked for me, gears all look pretty good but grease seemed a bit tired, not sure if it all going brown is normal? The bearing covered in the brown gunk is...

Interested what you decide to do and how it works out

Thanks for this, I've got the same noise. Can confirm it gets worse with continuous load going through the DU so fits the heat build up theory. Also my original motor got to 18k before crank bearings failed (never developed this noise) but the current replacement is on like 9k so could support...

Just a quick one. Quick background. Bikes now well out of warranty on its second motor (new one fitted after 18k miles after crank bearings failed). This motor has now done about 10k and its started making a rubbing (like shhh shhhh) noise that is at a faster rate than the crank rotation speed...