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Slotted Motor Pod Holes - BAracer - 23rd-Oct-22

Any tips for holding your motor firmly in position when your motor pod has slotted fixing holes? 

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RE: Slotted Motor Pod Holes - munter - 23rd-Oct-22

Cheese head machine screws.....maybe with washers to spread the load on that plastic which will be softish no doubt.

RE: Slotted Motor Pod Holes - Kevan - 23rd-Oct-22

Superglue

RE: Slotted Motor Pod Holes - ePilot - 23rd-Oct-22

Perhaps you can fill the slotted holes with pieces of plastic the same thickness as the motor pod.
Then drill holes for the motor. This way the motor can't go up or down.
You may need some washers if the screw heads are to small.

RE: Slotted Motor Pod Holes - Kevan - 23rd-Oct-22

Simplest way is washers under the heads of the screws to spread the load, they won't move unless you're a smasher/crasher.

RE: Slotted Motor Pod Holes - BAracer - 23rd-Oct-22

With all the forces that the motor generates with acceleration and braking, I am thinking that a slot is always going to be a weak link. And I don't like to rely on either friction or glue. So maybe as suggested I'll infill the two slots with some spare plastic and then just drill a simple hole in each.

RE: Slotted Motor Pod Holes - Kevan - 23rd-Oct-22

Some cars only have one screw hole and the motor doesn't rotate loose in those if the screw is properly tight.

RE: Slotted Motor Pod Holes - BAracer - 24th-Oct-22

True...

RE: Slotted Motor Pod Holes - Kevan - 24th-Oct-22

...and some motors don't have screw holes (older NSR's) and glue holds them just fine.

RE: Slotted Motor Pod Holes - Qman - 24th-Oct-22

For fifty odd years all my motors were soldered in Rofl