2022 Santa Cruz Heckler Issues

[Chiefworm]

Hi Kirk, got it off eBay :

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Sorry long link! Worked a treat.

 

[Kirk P Brosius]

Hey Chiefworm,
Where did you find the 5mm foam?
Is it household or automotive?
Thanks for any help.

I looked on the M-D website and callrd them and they do NOT have extra small "D" shaped rubber window sealant in their catalog.
Very disappointing!
I will search automotive storesin my area for an alternate product.
Thanks for your help thus far.

 

[Kirk P Brosius]

Hi Kirk, got it off eBay :

Pardon our interruption...

Sorry long link! Worked a treat.

Thanks, I will give this a try.

 

[Freezer]

I epoxied a couple of thin plastic plates to the battery where the latch mechanism contacts the battery. Had to dremel the plates a bit, but the battery is really tight now and doesn't budge.

 

[Erunza70]

Ho fatto una cosa simile a Chiefworm. Gli spazi vuoti attorno alla batteria lasciano entrare una quantità folle di polvere e sporcizia nel telaio, quindi tutto si sporca, dai collegamenti della batteria alla serie sterzo. Per prima cosa ho fissato con del nastro adesivo una lattina tagliata nel telaio attorno alla parte posteriore del tubo sterzo per aiutare a ridurre al minimo la sporcizia che entrava nella serie sterzo (continuavo a tirarla via per pulirla/ingrassarla/ricostruirla perché era sempre sporca e scricchiolava), e poi un anno dopo ho aggiunto una guarnizione autoadesiva in gomma per finestre tutt'intorno al perimetro della batteria e nella parte superiore e inferiore dell'apertura del telaio. È iniziato con lo spegnimento della bici ogni due giri, il che alla fine ha portato a un nuovo cablaggio e alla soluzione finale, che è stata la pulizia di tutti i punti di contatto della batteria e del telaio e poi il rivestimento di tutti i contatti con grasso dielettrico. Ma avere una guarnizione per tutta la sporcizia non può essere una brutta cosa, quindi ho fatto anche quello. La guarnizione per finestre è arrivata da un negozio di ferramenta locale.


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Ciao, al posto della guarnizione adesiva per serramenti che hai usato sappi che esiste anche dei nastri per la posa dei telai dei serramenti autoespandenti che sembrano delle spugnette adesive catramate ci sono in varie misure, lavorano in autoespansione colmando le fughe in modo ottimale e hanno una ottima tenura all'acqua fino a 600 pascal nel range corretto di utilizzo ad esempio quelle della Iso Chemie.

 

[Roland_heckler]

I just bought SC Heckler. Second ride and it was really muddy. Bike was full of mud. It was really hard to clean. Before ride I have put some window seal in motor cover like some recommended in this posts. But it did not help. Inside the cove wires were full of mud, sand and leaves. Is there another way to protect this area. I also added window seal on battery cover and this indeed help to protect water and mud to enter the battery area. Really shame for SC and such expensive bike.

 

[Bndit]

You shouldn't seal anything, those areas are designed so that water can go through. If water stays in, example if you have sealed everything, then problems starts to appear. You can put motofoam to the empty places inside motor so no mud can go there but water goes through...but I wouldn't do even that

 

[paulbarbu]

When I expect to go on a muddy ride I usually just put some powertape on that side of the motor cover/ top and bottom to better seal it/ also on the charging port I will put a patch. On the battery cover I put some window/ rubber seal on the sides but still there is a big gap top and bottom so I ended up adding powertape to top and bottom areas as well, I have those there all the time this way no more dirt or dust will enter , looks like crap especially on the avocado color but at least I got rid of the battery errors and am 3300KMs this year on it.
After muddy rides and washing the bike I have some electric spray contact that will clean those areas you posted... though with the seal and powertape should not have that much dirt inside.

 

[paulbarbu]

.. Yeah like bndit mentioned water should not stay in, if you can keep it out fine but after a dirtride and bikewash I always take the powertape/cover off and inspect /clean with electric spray if needed

 

[Roland_heckler]

Thank you all for advices , this is my first ebike. I have to adopt to it
Beside this problems bike is rocket. I love it.

 

[bikerider]

Nice hack on the Headtube, will do something similar as well . Had to clean the headsets too often for the cracking noise and the amount of dirt on there.
Hope something like this will reduce the issue.

Usually the cracking noise that you hear is because the headset preload is set to loose and/or the headset bearings need cleaning and greasing. I always make sure that the headset bearings and the seats on the headtube itself are cleaned and coated with the high end water resistant blue Park grease. That's been my experience anyway.