Raptor 1 Issue: Motor will not rotate, it only jiggles

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Hi guys,

I bought a Raptor 1 (dual motor) long time ago, and I have not had any issues with it … until now.

I rode my board today on my way to school, while starting to go up a slight hill it suddenly lost all power. I tried to switch the power off and on again to see if a reboot did the trick. It worked, but only for a short time. After 1-2 minutes of riding, the motor stopped again. Now one motor turns, while the other just kinda jiggles.

I found this post from two years ago, where a guy had the same issue, but it did not look like any solution was posted. Here is the video he posted of the problem (which is identical to my problem):

I have tried to connect my VESC to the BDLC tool and typed faults in the terminal, but it did not detect any faults…

Do any of you have a solution or recommendations for what I should do??

Thanks!

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If a motor doesn’t move, don’t apply too much throttle or you’re liable to burn some components. Do FOC detection on both motors and post their values.

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something is up with this guy, the reason why the other wheel is “slow-jittering” is because of the traction control.

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oh wait, didnt read the entire post… you are saying one motor turns and the other jitters?

sorry, bit hard to see if the bottom wheel is turning or not

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I have read the FOC configurations for both FOC’s: 02 28

Then I did the foc_state in the Terminal: 20 28

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I didn’t mean read, but actually do detection. Specifically “Measure R and L” and “Measure Lambda”

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Okay, I found it now (I think). The left one rotated, and the right one only jiggled.

And thanks for the quick response BTW! :slight_smile:

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Looks like the Right vesc motor might be shorted. Try turning it by hand, is there resistance when you try to turn it vs the other motor?

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The resistance is clearly higher when turning the left vesc motor compared to the right one…

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ah, then yea the one with higher resistance is shorted. Now to determind if it’s a short in the motor or the vesc. Disconnect the 3 phase wires from the Vesc and try turning again. If resistance disappears then the VESC is shorted, if it’s still present, then the motor is shorted.

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I disconnected the motor that did not rotate (which also had less resistance). It is the one I spin first. It still has less resistance.

The belts are fairly equal tight.

Thanks for all the help so far!

https://photos.app.goo.gl/DYj7c5SAtihS5tyj9

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Less resistance and probably.shorted. U could rewind it. If u go to rcgroups u can read many threads on doing that. Lrk winding is the easiest. And the battle harden it for protection. Or get another motor close to the same kv