Replace Your Ice Cold Beer Motors???

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So I went to replace my Ice Cold Beer motors today. I ordered replacement ones from Riptor a few weeks ago and finally had a few minutes to do it today.

So I ran into a snag or two.

I removed the 2 motors - then compared the replacement ones.
1. there is no sprocket at the end of the motor shaft on the replacement motors. So do you try and get them off of the old motor shafts? If so.. how do you do that? Because I could not get them off. Then if you DO get them off - will they go onto the shaft of the new ones?

Also the mounting plate (to mount motors to the sprocket assembly in the game) does not fit. It will not slide over the center of the motor unless you drill the hole larger.

Has anyone run into this? And what did you do to fix it?
 

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You can get them off it just takes a little work. I used a screwdriver and needle nose pliers to get the gear off. But it should be pressed out. also the shaft on the new motors was a little bigger then the ones in my ICB they had been replaced at some point so I had to drill out the gear a bit. Line up the gear on the end of the shaft and put in a vice and press back on. It took a little work but they they work great.
 
Please, do not drill the hole in the gear. Its made to be a interference press fit. The new motors are a direct bolt in replacement, the mounting plate should fit on the motor without modification. If you dont feel comfortable doing the swap you can send me your motors and gearbox and I can install them for you.
You need to pull the old gear off and put it on the new motors. I am currently working on stocking replacement gears so I can sell new motors with the gears already installed.

Edit: looking at your pics it appears those plates are not original. The originals had the same diameter center hole to fit on the new motors and only had two attaching screws.
 
I hate to revive this thread, but I'm running into the same problem. I cannot get the little gear at the end of the old shaft off. Nothing budges at all.

What have people done to get the little gear off the old motor?
 
They make tools specifically for this, called a gear puller. (I know it sounds a bit snarky, but that's really the name of it). Never dealt with the guts in an ICB, so I don't know how small you're dealing with, but a hobby shop specializing in RC cars should have what you're looking for.... or may be able to do it for you.

-Hans
 
Just to add a little info here in case people run into this in the future, it turns out the factory used 2 different mounting plates for the gears (riptor now agrees with this). OP's, and mine, have a smaller hole that the new gears won't fit through, so the solution is to drill the hole larger on your mounting plates.

As for the gears, my suggestion is don't even try pulling them off yourself without the proper tool (gear puller) unless you're willing to destroy your original gears in the process. As others have said, mine absolutely won't budge. I'll be taking them to a hobby shop to see if I can get them swapped over, or worst case scenario I'll ship them off to riptor.
 
I took mine to a machinist and he didn't have anything small enough to remove the gears. Never thought about a RC car shop. I sent mine back to Riptor and he change them out pretty fast.
 
i got mine off with needle nose pliers and a lot of force. doing so destroyed both motors (one was bad anyway but i thought the other would be worth saving.) i would NOT recommend anyone doing this and i'm lucky my gears remained intact. next time i would use a dedicated puller or find someone with the proper tools.

i also had to drill out the holes in the mounting plates. it was pretty easy to do by screwing the plate to a chunk of scrap wood using the existing bolt holes then drilling through the plate into the wood.
 
I ended up sending mine to Riptor to be replaced, thought it'd be best to take the safest route possible.
 
You could try heating the gear with a torch and then prying it off the shaft. The heat will expand the gear loosening it from the shaft.

The reverse is true for putting it on the new motor, heat up the gear and press it on the cold motor shaft. This technique is standard practice in just about every industry.

All the gear pullers I've used have required access to the shaft end for the puller to press against, it would require a very small specialized puller for the gears on ICB. Not saying it can't be done, but they're not something you'll find at Home Depot.
 
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