After reading through soooo many posts... I'm realizing it's time to start posting my own rebuild project. Here's a good pic of me with Garfunkel & Garbanzo.
My X4 has been hands down the best mobility device I've ever purchased. I've taken it EVERYWHERE! I think I got it in 2004 or 5. 10 years of off-road accessibility has really been great... life changing... or enabling really.
So to not have the chair is really bad. Bad for my wife too cause she's been having to take the garbage out!
My plan at first was to just call the rep and get a tech out to check things out, hopefully get er fixed up. Boy I was delusional.
To make a long story short...
1. I hate the whole manufacturer > distributor > rep > customer thing.
2. Submerging the motors, power module, and batteries in saltwater is bad.
I eventually want to build a BM inspired 4x4 chair at some point, but for now I just want to get back out on the trails as soon as possible. I've already learned so much by just taking things apart. Actually my first lesson... I should have only taken off the brake that was giving me problems. Instead I took off all four
But not all bad... turns out the motors are shot. Well at least that's what Innovation in Motion is telling me.
From what I understand, all four motors, when testing resistance, should be at 100 Ohms. The back two motors also have a parking brake which also should be at 100 Ohms.
After a little YouTube learning about DC Multimeters, I tested them. Here's my findings.
Motor Ohms
Front left .9
Front right .9
Back right .7
Back left 1.1
Parking Break Ohms
Back left 50.4
Back right 2.8
All of these were tested with the multimeter set to 200. I think that's the right setting.
So, the Ohms tested REALLY low. Why would this be? If I wanted to rebuild these motors with new parts from Fracmo, what parts do I need to order?
Here's a picture of the motor sticker.
Thanks all for your input. Also, I'd love to do more testing but I don't know what to test. Any suggestions are welcome.