what the ??????

[RandyatBBY]

Hey Randy, Those kick some serious booty. Wow. I think the bulk of us are just watching. As long as the can diameter remains the same your safe. What a quandry we are in.

John

Ya I have been watching Neu and Castle for a long time not anything new to me realy. But thanks they are real adjustable I wanted to do them last year but did not get to them until now.

[don ferrette]

Thanks for the heads up and PM Don , what is the spread on the new 4mm bolt pattern , Have they gone to a 30mm spread and is the outside casing still 40.25mm

The 4mm bolt holes are on a 30mm spread. Now here's another kicker.... if you use the 4mm option the bolts have to be cut very precisely to get the full bite in the threaded end bell holes without hitting the stepped area of the can that is directly behind the now wider 4mm holes. Found this out after I carefully removed the end bell, bolted it to my mount from Peter and used the 3mm holes to mark the new pattern on the mount. I then drilled the holes for the 4mm bolts thinking everything was good to go, then I found the bolt length issue. Wish they would just go with 4mm bolt holes on the original 25mm pattern and drop the 3mm holes completely........

[Chilli]

I also noticed the bolt interference problem with the 4mm holes. What the heck were they thinking???

[Punisher 67]

Randy those are nice rear mounts but can I make a suggestion , At 3/8 thick slabs there is a lot of metal and weight there . are you going to cut some windows out at both ends to lighten the mounts up a bit.............Just a suggestion

[RandyatBBY]

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Randy those are nice rear mounts but can I make a suggestion , At 3/8 thick slabs there is a lot of metal and weight there . are you going to cut some windows out at both ends to lighten the mounts up a bit.............Just a suggestion

Actually I designed the rear stabilizer to be trimmed to fit is several different applications. If the whole gerth was needed a window would look nice!

[Steven Vaccaro]

Are you guys snapping 3mm screws?

[Fluid]

This thread reminds me why I prefer rail mounts, even if I have to add the rails.

[Himalaya]

Unannounced changes like this drive me crazy! The new end bells look similar to some of the chinese motors. Maybe Steve Neu is importing the end bells now to save some $$?

Ya this looks pretty much like a bi-directional joint design. Castle took Neu's rotor/stator design and Neu is learning some very thoughtful details from Castle, and probably other cheaper manufacturers.

[don ferrette]

Ok here's a little addition to the "new can style" story.......

Ran this motor for the very first time on Sunday and after 2 laps the boat quit. Opened it up to find 2 of the 3 motor leads fell out of the motor. Take a look at the attached pics, sure looks like solder on the ends not to mention the wire says 12AWG. And the problem was not the boat or set up as I ran all day Sunday on my first (and only remaining) 1527 1Y (in background of 3rd pic for comparison) with ZERO issues in 4 classes. Needless to say I'm NOT a happy camper right now and NEU will be getting a phone call this afternoon.

[carlcisneros]

Don;
looks like some one somewhere has been in the back end for the motor.
I have seen alot of Neu's and they all have had about 1 1/2" wires coming out of them and each one is a different colored wire. (insulation that is) red/blue/yellow come to mind.

[sailr]

Adds to the suspicion that Steve Neu has outsourced his motors to China!

[carlcisneros]

enquiring minds want to know,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[Himalaya]

My Neu 1527 and 2230 must have been older, they all have short/rigid wires coming out at the back, no flexible silicone, just very stiff coil wires tinned and insulated. That way they have no chance to have a melted solder joint inside like yours.

Looks like they did learn something from Castle but probably not the very best ones. Some feature works great in cars, and only in cars.

[detox]

Here is my NEW Neu 1515 1y 2200kv. It has the same type motor wires.

[carlcisneros]

hhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

somethings afoot here folks.

thats the way Dons look on his bad motor.

heat shrink up into the can (where the wires are soldered inside the can???)

some one give Steve Neu a call