Ep8 turning backwards help please.

[vliegvark]

Hi all
I replaced the bearings on my ep8 in my Norco Range vlt.
Once we tried to start is back up the motor is now turning backwards.
The motor is super clean inside and has no damage, it feels like it's just a software thing.
Any help please.

 

[whitymon]

What do you mean, as it should not turn without you pedaling?

 

[vliegvark]

The motor is rotation is in reverse, we changed the bearings on the motor and now it spins in reverse

 

[irie]

That always happens with left hand breaings, you should instead have fitted right hand bearings.

 

[RustyIron]

If you're running a Northern Hemisphere EP8 motor in South Africa, you need to contact Shimano and have them give you the code to enable the Coriolis Compensation Feature in the software.

 

[irie]

If you're running a Northern Hemisphere EP8 motor in South Africa, you need to contact Shimano and have them give you the code to enable the Coriolis Compensation Feature in the software.

Yeah, just like anticyclones rotate clockwise in the northern hemisphere, but counterclockwise in the southern hemisphere. Obvious innit?

 

[Mikerb]

Either you have reversed the direction of current flow from battery to motor....( easy fix) or somehow you reversed the direction of final drive through the transfer gears.