I have recently joined the forum, scanned the forum for the frustration I have run across, and have come to the conclusion that I should go ahead and post and seek help. The dilemma I have having is mounting the new 2010 Grubee Skyhawk gt5 motor. The bike is a Schwinn 26" Timberland Mountain bike. I have no experience mounting and playing with motors as I would like to put that right out in front. I am a surgical assistant by profession. If I had problems in the OR room, I could solve it with little frustration. This motor on the other hand has had me in the garage unleashing **** upon my tools.
The problem I am having is simply mounting the unit on the frame of the bike. I have included pictures of this endeavor and yes, there are whole ton of scratches on the frame and its okay as I have no care now about that. On the bottom tube, I have attempted to use the universal mounting kit that I purchased with the motor kit. The seat tube, I am not having that much troubles with. I understand from reading other posts that the order things must be done is mount seat tube to motor, bottom tube, chain, carburetor, muffler, and so on.
First mounting revealed a ton of problems for me. The muffler was in the way of the pedal crank, the spark plug was directly under the top tube, the intake for the carburetor was so close to the top tube, the carburetor wouldn't fit on. I have read from many threads that the muffler will have to be bent. I understand that part, my question now is how do I mount that motor? I have posted pictures of the way it is in there now of course with problems I believe on alignment. The bottom universal mounting bracket I feel isn't set up appropriately as I have put so much time in doing incorrectly, I am pretty sure I couldn't tell anyone what the thinking was originally behind it. Side note, the chain wrench that came with the kit to run the chain through the sprocket on the motor absolutely will not fit on the nut for the sprocket. Probably a manufacture error. Thanks for any and all advice on this project.
The problem I am having is simply mounting the unit on the frame of the bike. I have included pictures of this endeavor and yes, there are whole ton of scratches on the frame and its okay as I have no care now about that. On the bottom tube, I have attempted to use the universal mounting kit that I purchased with the motor kit. The seat tube, I am not having that much troubles with. I understand from reading other posts that the order things must be done is mount seat tube to motor, bottom tube, chain, carburetor, muffler, and so on.
First mounting revealed a ton of problems for me. The muffler was in the way of the pedal crank, the spark plug was directly under the top tube, the intake for the carburetor was so close to the top tube, the carburetor wouldn't fit on. I have read from many threads that the muffler will have to be bent. I understand that part, my question now is how do I mount that motor? I have posted pictures of the way it is in there now of course with problems I believe on alignment. The bottom universal mounting bracket I feel isn't set up appropriately as I have put so much time in doing incorrectly, I am pretty sure I couldn't tell anyone what the thinking was originally behind it. Side note, the chain wrench that came with the kit to run the chain through the sprocket on the motor absolutely will not fit on the nut for the sprocket. Probably a manufacture error. Thanks for any and all advice on this project.
