Cable guide in the way of EP8

[FixThatBike]

2020 Decoy Pro Race. The e8000 motor finally crapped out after 5k+ miles. Apparently, it's impossible to get a replacement for a motor that old, but I was able to source an ep8 with a conversion kit from Germany.

However, I'm running into 1 problem. There is a cable guide above the motor that interferes with the mounting tab of the ep8. See the pics and the difference in that mount between the e8000 and ep8. The e8000 has a channel there that this can fit into, but the ep8 is solid across.

What did YT do on later model frames that fit the ep8. Was this cable guide totally gone? Anybody have any pics of that area? It feels like it's carbon and formed to the frame. I'm pretty sure I can dremel it off, but it's going to be a pain.

 

[db840]

Might not be helpful at this point, but this is what some people have done to get an EP8 into a E8000 Decoy frame.

 

[FixThatBike]

Hah. Yeah, that would have been nice to know a month ago. Nice work - that looks really clean! One of my friends was trying to convince me that I should take the material off the motor and not the frame, but I was worried there was something important for the motor in there ... or that that material was important as a heat sink or something.

Anyway, it wound up being pretty easy to cut out that cable guide with a dremel. The bigger problem was that I had to remove some more frame material by the lower rear drive side bolt. I don't recommend going down the path of putting an ep8 in one of these old frames if you can avoid it.