If you're like me and crash a lot (I'm a terrible pilot), bent motor shafts are a weekly curse. There's no good way to straighten them, so I have to replace the entire motor. That's expensive, and requires a lot of soldering of wires and remounting motors. So good news: now you can just replace the bent part, leaving the rest of the motor soldered and in place! 3DR now sells just the outside enclosure and shaft of the common 3DR 850 motors. They're half the price of the full motor and will save you many minutes of soldering and reassembly time.
(Why not just sell the shaft? Because they're really tightly placed in the enclosures and need special tools to replace).
I've asked them to also see if they can source the aluminum collets that the props fit on. They're soft and also tend to bend and they're hard to find on their own. Stay tuned...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oha3DuLWAkc
Here is a great video explaining how to use the arbor press....
Chris - Are these still available? The link above doesn't seem to work
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Motor shaft: $50,000
The best way to get motor shafts out and back in s using a "arbor press" and a steel punch. You can get these at Harbor Freight for about $40. There is a definite method to centering and seating a shaft. You need to make sure that you use machine oil and rotate the motor housing on a rubber pad as you press down or you can scrape the casing and the shaft will never be straight. You can also use the press to extract and push back in bearings.
If somebody bending shafts weekly, then why not buy an arbor press for 30 bucks and replacement shafts for .99 per piece....
@cvanvollenstee its really easy to replace these. You just push the black clip off with something flat. I use a knife to push on both of the legs at the same time but really anything flat will work. Once the clip is off just remove the old housing and replace with a new one and put the clip back on.
I do this to my GWS brushless motors all the time. The replacement shaft comes with the hex key you need to replace them. I have a large Thunder Power brushless I am having a hard time finding a replacement shaft and I will need to get a snap ring pliers to replace it once I find one.
I replace shafts with help of big bench drill. First I fit anything smaller than shaft itself (nail without head) into spindle. Then I put rotor bell onto drill's flat table surface while shaft is in middle hole. Then I push shaft out of rotor by turning lever. Then I put new shaft into spindle ant push it to the bell.
Problem is when you bent shaft, you damage bearings and may also bent bell itself.
I'm starting to thing about geared drive. You will not damage motor or it's bearing on crash... But the noise and efficiency drop...
Hello, is there a how to guide on how to replace it safely.
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