gotway tesla axle . and jiumping down curbs.

[Shad0z]

how thick is the tesla axle. Any pictures or measurements would be great

and shold i be worried about jumping down high curbs?

just so i dont break my 1400 dollar wheel on a curb a little too high

[houseofjob]

IMHO I wouldn't bump down high curbs on a Gotway regardless, thicker axles or not (FYI the Tesla possesses a thicker axle than previous Gotway wheels per @Jason McNeil).

Constant pounding will lead to the loosening of shims that clamp the pedal arms to the axles to begin with, creating some play in the pedal resistance.

[Shad0z]

1 minute ago, houseofjob said:

IMHO I wouldn't bump down high curbs on a Gotway regardless, thicker axles or not (FYI the Tesla possesses a thicker axle than previous Gotway wheels per @Jason McNeil).

Constant pounding will lead to the loosening of shims that clamp the pedal arms to the axles to begin with, creating some play in the pedal resistance.

so i will just need to avoid curbs if possible

i have just seen people jumping down sick curbs on electric unicycles wodering it it doednt break the wheel

but i now have my answer. Thank you 

[Bryan Wells]

yeah don't jump off curbs on your nice new wheel. All of my wheels but my Tesla i always ramped off curbs and every single one has a slightly bent axle! and it's noticeable in the pedals now

Edited January 22, 2018 by Bryan Wells

[houseofjob]

I'll cushion any kind of remote impact of my weight on the pedals with my knees on all my wheels regardless.

If you're into jumping, you'll just have to keep buying motors.

Edited January 22, 2018 by houseofjob

[Boogieman]

95kg

Jumping up and down kerbs and anything i can find (after kuji pad mod).

Result: pedal shaft not bent more than before = bent a smidge when rolling on flat glass surface, but with the crap tolerance, non bushing solution, that will be the least of problems. 

I applied mos2 after a week of riding as the wear on the shaft was substantial already by then (clearly visible as pkating was gone where edge pressure was the biggest)

Now after 3500km, i can't see any difference in wear vs 10km :-)

lube them up, but make sure not to lube the threads of the stop screw in each end of the pedal. I normally clean, put one stop screw in place, then apply lube on pedal hole and insert clean shaft, thus no lube slide over remaining threads  and all is good

on both stop screw, clean and apply blue loctite thread sealant. Do not want the pedals to come off in 45km/h due to sloppy assembly ;-)

have not checked wheel axle, but as rubber (tyre) takes first hit and the there is zero torque arm, as opposed to pedals (that albeit take 50% weight each) and wheel axle is a lot thicker, i would not worry bout that part. But as i said, have not checked.

Edited August 11, 2019 by Boogieman