As most know, 3Dservisas.eu makes amazing esk8 parts and builds. I decided to take a chance on the gear drive for tb218 trucks. When it came in, you could tell right away it’s high quality.
It was helpful but it didn’t have all the information required to install.
I had issues with placing bearings into the 3Dservisas Hubs. I was told to use a press, which don’t have atm. I was able to force them in.
3Dservices now offers bearing pushed in hubs. It’s a good option for nubs like me
I was going to install the gear drive but I ran into an issue. The axel on the motor is way too long. I didn’t have time for the group ride so I decided to use belt drive with 3Dservisas Hubs with Trampa 44T and Gunmies. It was fun but lacked torque.
A few weeks later, I started to cut the axel with diamond blade then used angle grinder to grind down the axel. I did not do the best job but it worked.
One of the mounting brackets didn’t fit the tb218, so I had to angle grind some hangar material off for it to fit.
I was stuck on these thin metal pieces, didn’t know where to install. It was not on manual. I did get written instructions, which helped a little. These metal pieces are suppose to help protect your motor from the grease you put into the GG.
Does anyone have a recommendation on grease?
After taking apart the drive gear several times, I was able to fit these pieces in.
That could explain why wobbles at high speed other than bushing/truck setup. I used bearings and spacers in the back to make a good fit with the trampa pulley. The spacing could be off with the front. I also ride hard and heavy, these were my first tb218 trucks and rode a lot of miles on them.
I completed the 3Dservisas gear drivetrain tonight. It took me awhile to make sure the gears ran freely (correct amount of blacklash, ). Then the M 2.5 by 10 screws kicked my ass. They are tiny. There are 12 of them. You must do them before mounting trucks. Small hands and good tools help. I got stuck on step 4
I used white lithium grease. It was not paste, as recommend by Deckoz. I’ll probably grab some down the road.
I’m happy i found thid thread. No idea how i missed it lol.
Also got the gear drivr but have yet to install it as I’m waiting for the trucks to be complete. They sound sooo good this just hyped me up again! Thanks for the sharing and update.
How did you estimate the amount of motor shaft to cut off? Just wanna see if you had a different approach ti what @Kug3lis recommended me
). Then the M 2.5 by 10 screws kicked my ass. They are tiny. There are 12 of them. You must do them before mounting trucks. Small hands and good tools help. I got stuck on step 4 
