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Originally Posted by mechman600
It would be better to mount that small motor and reduction gear set to the chassis with a short drive shaft, but I guess that sort of defeats the purpose of a wheel motor, doesn't it?
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There are ways to make it fit in and around the suspension, look at those motors, as they are they stick in, flip them around and add a drive shaft and you are set.
What is amazing is how much they do to reduce the weight of everything else so that the weight of the motor is not "an issue" ok, so you have reduced unsprung weight, now make it better by moving the motors inboard.
Drive shafts with CV joints are not complected, they can be built to last 300,000 miles and they are a relatively cheap part.