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in part one we covered the mechanical connection of a motor shaft to a gearbox’s inputs haft, enabling the transfer for torque. Here in part 2 we cover the actual matting of a electric motor to a gearbox. Every vehicle manufacture uses they’re own bellhousing bolt pattern, with different backspacing, locating features, and orientations. In…
The Nissan leaf electric motor (em61 and em57) are great motors for EV conversions. They are easy to obtain, relatively inexpensive, and powerful! The only catch is how do you swap one into a different vehicle? Part 1: The motor coupler The Nissan leaf motor has a splined output shaft. The splines are designed to…