How to do common ELECTRIC bike maintenance

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[jwebbw]

Here's something that you might want to cover in a follow up ebike maintenance video. After about 10 months of riding my ebike and approximately 2000 miles, I experienced a noise coming from my rear hub that sounded like bad bearings or a card in the spokes of a kid's bike kind of sound. Well, I went to my bike manufacturer's website and checked out a video on bike noises and found out that it needed to be lubed in the hub area. I would have thought that area of the bike would have been well greased for many years to come. So anyways, I laid my bike horizontally to the ground, derailer side facing up, and sprayed some teflon dry lube into the axle area between the last gear and the frame of the bike and then let gravity do its work. Well, to my surprise, the sound which seemed to be an extensive repair went away within a few miles of riding. I hope that this may help someone out there....take care.

Two-year Update: I'm at 5, 000 total miles now and have ridden 3, 000 miles since the noise problem. It runs great and the noise never returned, but I'm thinking about doing a second dose of Teflon dry spray (approx. 5 seconds burst of spray using spray straw) as preventative maintenance.

[kharris]

I treat my e-bike like a pet. It gets pampered. I'm hitting 5900 miles since October 2022 and it still rides like brand new. 🚴🏼‍♂️

[lindalabiosa-uljg]

I'm so happy with your teachings. I'm 67 years old and I have learned so much with you. And now how to service an ebike. I really appreciate your work. Thank you for taking the time to teach us.

[TheHadMatters]

It's actually incredible how easy and fully comprehensible that cable adjustment explanation is. I can't wrap my hear around how others manage to publish "tutorials" that make it look like obscure magic.

[Hamradio]

Always great to see enthusiasm in people passionate about life and others. At 76 years young I still am young at heart and have an e-bike to continue that journey. Blessings. Gus, wd9gus

[darmstead]

Wow somebody who ACTUALLY SHOWS YOU how to do E-Bike maint! Thought I would never find one sheesh!

[MarkSmith-jspu]

Your hint on front tire pressure being low is spot on, and I have the road rash to prove it.

[FrankLadd]

An ebike really helped my rehab and now I can do stairs and ride a normal bike too. If I had to have just one bike it would be my Lectric Lite. Thanks for the great videos!

[timrossmultimedia]

I can't tell you helpful and encouraging this video has been. My wife and I are 70 years old and we just can't seem to grow up! So... our next BIG adventure is getting into e-biking. And we can't do anything halfway. I am determined to improve my bike maintenance skills and your videos kock it out of the park. One more thought... I've been a TV broadcaster (weatherguy) for 45 years and someone needs to tell you how great your presentations are. You're such a communications pro and it makes a HUGE AND POSITIVE difference. Hats off from us for the info and expertise you are sharing... we REALLY appreciate you. Our very best to you in all aspects of your life going forward. TIM

[markcollins]

I made the mistake of using way to much lube on the derailer it attracts sand and dirt. I actually opened the instruction manual and they described cleaning and proper maintenance. Your overview of maintenance is something everyone should pay attention to. Thank you.

[sandracloke]

Thank you so much for this information. I am 80 and just ordered an E-Trike and will definitely want to keep my trike in working condition.

[crooker]

Great video! Make sure... You check the tire's maximum pressure rating before filling. I changed my Kenda fat tires (26x4) and filled them to 24psi (per what I read online).

When the tire popped off mid ride (that was fun), I noticed that the tire was rated to a MAX pressure of 20psi.

Refilled it to 16psi and its running happy now.

[Michael-wvvn]

I always wondered what you guys did with all the bikes. This is an excellent idea to share them with the community. I hope this program works out well for everybody.

[lk]

E bikes are so new to me, so many to choose from. I love the information you give us about them including videos like this that Teach us the upkeep of these bikes. Thanks for all your efforts

[TimeTheory]

I found out after I bought an E-bike online that none of the local bike shops in my city won't work on, or repair E-bikes that they don't sell. I'm an electronic tech so I can troubleshoot most things, but having trouble getting repair parts from the manufacturer.

[davidarruda]

Wow I can’t believe I’m just finding your channel. And maintenance upkeep and routine basis is something I’ve wanted to be able to commit to but I didn’t even know how to go about it for the best approach. And I have to admit I’m not familiar with hydraulic disc brakes gears and trailers fork settings, Tire maintenance, battery maintenance, etc… I’m 58 years old and I purchased very large 26 inch step through fat tire SUV type E Bike last February this February will be my one year anniversary with it.And I can honestly say I haven’t done much maintenance on it at all I don’t even know how to go about it. I’m a 70s BMX guy who used to Tear apart is bike every day make sure it was 100% ready to go bombproof. I’ve had pedal bikes mountain bikes along the way with gears but never really took to them and never really understood how to mess around with gears or settings and when things didn’t work smoothly I would get aggravated but I didn’t do much writing because I was too busy. Now I traded in a brand new car and committed to this E Bike is my only form of transportation. I’m in Florida and 55+ Community I just about everything is within bike range I also have two very large batteries so I can get in long distance but haven’t committed to it yet lol. When I saw your video I had to watch it and I have to watch it a few more times but I need to learn more about my bike and his brakes and his gears because honestly I’m clueless and I’m also clueless about talking about volts and amps and what have you. What I do is hop on the river I’ve gotta go ride like a wild man flat out hit small jumps here and there but the bike is pretty sloppy but that not very agile but nonetheless a ride down deep into a median strip and come flying out the other side into the road I just love to ride love to ride fast. Right now I’m in my living room trying to make a mic stand out of two by fours to work on my bike because it’s very large and awkward and heavy. But I’m replacing another rear tire tube. The second one in a month and a half and I’m starting to get aggravated. When I go to my bank it’s about a 7 to8 mile ride and I ride the bike lanes in the roads along with traffic and there’s so much debris in the road so last Sunday I managed to get three small nails and a very large sheet metal screw with a washer all in the same area in my tire put me out of commission I was stranded at 7 PM and got home at 4 AM I wasn’t happy. Put me out of commission I can’t travel to stores that need to go to or just go out and ride now it was six days not good. Even with a portable air pump it ran out of juice and just didn’t have enough for me to receive the tire on the tube hoping that my flat out which sealed multiple holes but I was at a luck. The last time my Richard was replaced my neighbor helped me and he’s not very organized and goes about things rather quickly and haphazardly but he has a heart of gold and he really help me out because I was intimidated by it the job. He managed to get the change done but at the end with two extra washers and I didn’t feel good about that lol the next day I went back and put the two washers in that belong to the brake calipers. So tonight I’m going to be doing the replacement myself. I need to learn just about everything about this bike. I don’t know if it’s doable but I need to be able to do a rear tire tube change on the road so I don’t become stranded or pay $56 for a ride home ouch I could’ve got A good rear tire liner for that money. The next time around I think I’m going to watch the DIY video where this gentleman uses foam pipe insulation like a certain companies tile liner basically it’s a beefed up pool noodle which are also videos for you but I might give it a whirl next time. Who knows I may come into money again for the Realtor lineup lol but thank You was a bike maintenance video thank you for a great channel I like the way you go about teaching I’m looking forward to learning a lot about my bike I haven’t maintain it from you in your channel thanks brother✌️😊

[CarlaHoward-uk]

Five-star presentation. Very clear and understandable. I bought an ebike yesterday, and I'm so thankful you did this video!

[matityahubermanfalk]

RE: Disc brake adjustment. Tuning the lever only moves the outer pad. To tune the inner pad there's an Allen head on the back of the caliper. You can either adjust it in place through the spokes, or take it to adjust. You want to tune the outer pad first, and then the inner one.

[dgreensotr]

Good review of bike maintenance items. It's important that people know that there are temperature limitations on charging lithium batteries. I used to design battery charging circuits before retiring.

[nickcalcperc]

Lots of great info here. Ebikes can really change the world and your videos are a great help.