Manufacturers might not put enough grease in the bearings for the area you live and the conditions you ride. Sunny California is quite different to wet/muddy north east England/Scotland. It sounds like you're at a good point to take the suspension pivots apart and grease everything to your...
Thanks, I have read that. It looks like they could disconnect the BMS in that case, the question is whether that is possible with the E8035. I'm also not sure if there is a capacitor on the board which keeps the BMS alive but if it discharges, you're in trouble. I'm not seeing companies willing...
I have a couple of E8035, one was replaced under warranty and is therefore newish. The other one is now three years old. The range on it is rapidly worsening, it is capable of around 70% of the range of the first battery. At an enduro event this year with the same course each day, I was a whole...
Watch the Santa Cruz test video of a carbon vs alluminum frame on their test rigs. That convinced me their carbon frames are going to be fine. My Heckler frame is fine at 3 years old despite crashes, rocks bouncing off it and all sorts, I've no concerns about it failing and if it did, I suspect...
If you modified the wiring, that would invalidate things so you'd need to use the duplicate wiring, or I presume buy a second battery mount/cable to modify. I'm still wondering where/how the cables exit the frame as their photos show two different cable routes. They have a couple of different...
On the Shimano/Heckler, you can't plug anything into the charge port and still turn the cranks so it can't work like that there. The charge plug doesn't connect well at the best of times either, you couldn't ride and have it stay connected.
Has anyone any experience of the Volabike extender for Shimano systems? I'm curious how invasive it is. There are pictures of them on a Santa Cruz Heckler but I suspect it would invalidate the motor, battery and frame warranties?
Thanks for the info, it is interesting. I'd love the EP801 and am a little sad there aren't better upgrade paths for anyone who invested in an older bike. Do you know if the second generation batteries have any better life expectancy? How is the EP801 for power usage compared to the E8000?
I thought people might be interested in an update. Eventually the speed sensor came into stock (took around a month) and was replaced. This didn't have any effect on the bike's range and oddly enough, no effect on the motor bearing play either. it did mean we checked the "all error codes fixed"...
I gave in and took the bike to a service center as I've been instructed. They've run tests and found there are a few speed sensor glitches in the logs, averaging about one issue every six months, the last one being 5 months ago. Shimano are claiming this may be the cause of the performance...
I've not done it but I've been looking into it. You'll get charged with VAT @ 20%, a clearance charge and maybe some import duty as well. I believe you can avoid paying VAT on the 4mybike website on that end since it is for export which may help but you need to use their website, not ebay.
If...
Just to update on this, Madison in the UK won't do this. I have written confirmation from Santa Cruz that using an EP8 with my frame is fine, type approved, etc. but they will only exchange like for like motors (E8000 for E8000), I can't buy any replacement motor, an E8000 or an EP-8. Only...
Cabling on the e8000 can be changed or converted to what the EP800 needs and I'm guessing the same cabling works on the EP801. That bit is easier, it is the frame mounts that would make or break things for this new generation.
Does anyone know if the battery mounts for the new battery will fit on an older frame? I have a bike with E8035/E8000 but given the motor is broken and the batteries failing, I'm wondering if I can swap the system out for the newer motor and battery in due course?
I did a bit of research to see what was/wasn't possible. The 801 seems to need the second generation batteries (v2 of the BMS?). It looks like you'd need a new motor, display, cabling, battery mount and batteries but if you did replace the lot, it might be possible to upgrade an existing...
I may as well update the thread. The answer is definitively no, I can't buy an E8000 and no, I can't buy an EP-8. My only option is to send my current motor off to Madison for an inspection and they will then let me know what they think of things and what my options are. Obviously this is geared...