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Hi all, Just updating the below to account for a change of domain. I've sold the bike since so I cannot report on the longevity of the repair but I'd be confident, particularly in view of the brass bushings in the new gears... No news is entirely my fault but is good news nontheless. The...

Hi Johannes. I used version two but I cannot remember what difference there was. Version two has brass bushes inside the planetary gears but I don't know if version one had these. Mine is from 2009 and probably the same motor. Good luck with the repair...

For info, I found parts for this thanks to the help of the pedelec community. Details here: http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/what-motor-will-work-with-my-giant-twist-express.16529/

No news is entirely my fault but is good news nontheless. The bike is back in action. Write up at: http://cod.homelinux.org/C/bike/Giant_Twist_Express_Motor_Repair/Giant_Twist_Express_Motor_Repair.xhtml . I had dismantled the motor and found the planetary gears to be badly worn: Following...

Shemozzle, you're a star! I've done endless searches around the theme of 'giant ebike hub motor planetary gears' and come up with nothing. Even a search on 'giant ebike sanyo motor gear' gave me nothing. Your link looks like just the thing and at EUR14, much cheaper than a whole new wheel...

Any idea where to buy gears? I've had it open, stripped it down, identified the worn gears (3 planet gears and the outer ring) but haven't been able to find any. I even went so far as doing up a drawing and looking for a quote to make up a set (EUR500!). Pdf uploaded below. I can strip it...

I have a Giant Twist Express with a dead front hub motor. It's a mechanical fault and Giant will only sell me a whole new wheel. I'm just wondering if it's possible to wire up any hub motor to the existing wiring and expect the Giant controller/battery to be able to drive it? The motor has 9...

Hi all, I have a Giant Twist Express with the Sanyo front hub motor. The motor has died with worn internal nylon gears (seems fine otherwise). Giant will only sell me a whole new wheel. I'm looking for a scrap motor to scavange parts from or a source for such parts? Thanks