Thursday, January 31, 2013

Installing the new motor

The motor assembly was lifted on its place by hand. After fixing the assembly with bolts into the gearbox one of the front wheels was rotated to find out how well the shafts had been aligned. It turned out that the shaft alignment had succeeded well and the motor assembly did not add much friction in addition to the gearbox internal friction. The clutch operation was also tested and it seemed to work nicely although the clutch fluid was found to be in a bad condition and must be replaced. The Corolla is now ready for a test drive and to meet its first electric driven meters!

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