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Old 12-01-2009, 08:19 AM   #75 (permalink)
MadisonMPG
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It's a motor from an electric skateboard, it has a pretty good grunt to it.

eXkate Powerboard Motorized Electric Skateboards

The motor is mounted to the rear wheels, I am planning on taking off the rear trucks, and sawing it in half, or just removing the other side that is not the drive wheel. Then using a lathe or something grind down the drive wheel to about 2/3 the diameter it is now. That should lower my top speed and give me plenty of grunt. I need to take it all apart and see how it is set before I do anything.
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