What is this thing?

[Ryan_Todd]

Originally Posted by Jimmy Nichols

Question, Is the motor commercial available for purchase?

Unfortunately, no; the reason why we weren't able to place an order for a second year of donations was that the 2015 spindle motor was [EDIT] non-standard and built from the ground up from excess inventory specifically for that purpose. [/EDIT]

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Here's the closest motor that I could find out of what we're currently producing right now:
http://www.bosch-ibusiness.com/boaae...57/product/614
It drops the Hall sensor, but the other characteristics and dimensions are quite similar. You should be able to find it from third-party resellers, scrap yards, and even directly from Bosch (see below) since this motor is used in vehicles built on the GM Alpha platform:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_Alpha_platform

While I'm at it, here are a few others like it:
http://www.bosch-ibusiness.com/boaae...%20Spindle/357

The public-facing method for purchasing these motors from Bosch is located here:
http://www.bosch-ibusiness.com/boaae...m?locale=en_GB

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I don't personally work in the motors group, however, so there may be easier (or cheaper) ways than what I've found here. Let me contact Kevin (the lead associate in getting these motors available in the first place) and see if he's got any better ideas...