Is this motor legal?

[Lil' Lavery]

These motors are substantially more powerful than the window motors.

They were legal in 2012 and 2014 as well.

[Mark Sheridan]

Originally Posted by JustbeingJFK

That's exactly what we plan on using it for. We have been trying to make a spool to put on the shaft to make a pulley but it's oddly shaped and metric.

Just an FYI, the worm gear is pretty efficient (as far a worm gears go), so its actually easy to back drive it.

[JustbeingJFK]

Originally Posted by Mark Sheridan

Just an FYI, the worm gear is pretty efficient (as far a worm gears go), so its actually easy to back drive it.

We thought about a worm gear but with our experience with it last year, it overheated very easily and would stop working. With this motor, we tested 70lbs in " windshield wiper mode" for 3 minutes continuously and the motor was stone cold.

[Mark Sheridan]

Originally Posted by JustbeingJFK

We thought about a worm gear but with our experience with it last year, it overheated very easily and would stop working. With this motor, we tested 70lbs in " windshield wiper mode" for 3 minutes continuously and the motor was stone cold.

I am saying the van door motor has a worm gear in it already. Just don't expect it to hold when the power is off. however it sounds like you already know this from your testing.