Detailed Beginner's Esk8 Belt Drive Tutorial! (2022 Boardnamics Idler Drive)

In this video, you'll learn how to fully install a Boardnamics Idler Belt Drive onto an electric skateboard. The Boardnamics Idler drive is one of the best budget belt drives on the market, and offers a really solid setup, with good adjustability and great durability.

I've personally run one of these exact setups on my daily driver board for over 2000 miles, so I have a lot of faith in this drive's design and durability. There are a lot of small parts to assemble in this drive, so make sure to pay close attention to the order of steps and where each part goes.

Loctite is essential in the setup and function of this drivetrain. There are several places where I highly recommend the use of red Loctite (263 or 262), namely, hanger axles and adapters on the pulleys. Most of the other screws in the setup can utilize blue Loctite.

After setting up the belt drive setting the idler tension is important as well. This will depend a lot on your pulley setup, how long your belts are, and how tight you want to run the belt. On an idler setup, you can typically run the belts a little bit looser, since there is so much pulley and tooth engagement. I did say in the video that sometimes there is more resistance with idler drives than with non-idler, but that depends a lot about how tight you run them, and pulley size. You'll have to mess with it to get the right tension, but generally, you want the belt to give a little bit when you push on it, not "super tight."

My belt and pulley setup for this client was 15T on the motor side, and 40T on the wheel side. This gives a decent amount of torque, and is one of my go-to setups.

You can find the Boardnamics belt drive here: https://boardnamics.com/product/220mm...

While this kit is currently on backorder, they should be in stock soon (April 2022).


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Timestamps:
0:00 Boardnamics Belt Drive?
0:30 Steel Gear Drive Video
1:10 The Old Setup
1:38 Disassembling the Old
3:00 The New Parts
3:36 Step 1: Assemble New Pulleys
5:40 Step 2: Mount Axles into Hanger
8:30 Step 3: Setup Clamps on Hanger
10:44 Step 4: Mount Angle Bolts
11:33 Angle Nuts
11:48 Step 5: Idler Pulleys
13:23 Step 6: Align Mounts with Pulleys
14:15 Pulley Spacer Mistake
15:37 Finishing Alignment
17:49 Aligning with Idler
18:09 Step 7: Apply Loctite to Clamp
20:39 Step 8: Fit Checking Motors
21:31 Motor Clearance Check
22:45 Swapping Plate Sides
23:01 Update on Progress
23:53 Step 9: Finishing Second Side
24:19 Step 10: Mounting Wheel Pulleys
25:35 Step 11: Mounting Motor Pulleys
29:57 Step 12: Installing Wheels and Belts
31:33 Step 13: Setting the Belt Tension
33:04 Final Thoughts
34:33 Pretty Drivetrain



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