spincycl Veteran Location: Marietta, GA
| As far as 1/8 inch, or 3.2 mm, they are close enough. In fact Ikarus uses the sizes interchangably. Most brush type car motors, and the ECO and the Voyager EP use the 1/8 inch shafts. A lot of brushless motors use the 5mm shafts
When I had an Ikarus ECO 8, it used metric 48 pitch gears. American inch 48pitch gears do work, but they are less than smooth with a metric spur gear like on the ECO. But, I did use car pinions before, and they do work.
So, now the question you asked: Ikarus makes 10, 11 ,12 tooth and up pinions in metric 48 pitch. They make these in 3.2 mm bore. For 5 mm bore, they don't make the 10 tooth. |