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Chevrolet Bolt EV Traction Motor - Deep Dive
WeberAuto:
Hello, I'm professor John Kelly and this
is the Weber Auto YouTube channel.
In this episode we will be disassembling
the drive unit the electric motor and
gear reducer out of our 2017 Chevrolet
bolt on the hoist behind me here. now
this drive unit and electric motor
combination is is all one piece,
unlike the Nissan Leaf that has a drive
unit that unbolts from the electric
motor. This drive unit is rated at 150
kilowatts which is 201 horsepower, it is
also rated at 360 Newton meters of
torque which is roughly 266 foot-pounds
of torque.
Now let's let's talk about torque just a
little bit. That torque rating is what
the motor itself is capable of producing,
that is not the same as the torque that
ends up at the wheels of the vehicle, so
for example the Chevrolet Spark EV
produced by Chevrolet before the Bolt
here
actually had an electric motor that
produced 540 Newton meters of torque, the Bolt EV electric motor only produces
360 Newton meters of torque and so you
might be misled into thinking that the
Spark EV had more torque; well, the motor
did, but not the torque delivered to the
axles that drive the wheels. So the gear
reducer right here on the side of this
drive unit has an impact on that because
gear reduction is also torque
multiplication minus frictional losses, so
the Spark EV had a 540 Newton meter
electric motor but it only had a three
point one five to one gear reduction
unit which resulted in about 1700 Newton
meters of torque at the wheels, at the
axles. the Bolt EV electric motor
produces 360 Newton meters of torque a
whole 180 Newton meters less of torque
from the motor, but it has a seven point
zero five one eight to one gear
reduction through this gear reducer
which multiplies that 360 Newton meters
of torque by seven point zero five one
eight, which gives us over 2,500 Newton
meters of torque at the axles. So there
are other electric vehicles out there
that are being produced right now that
have higher torque higher motor torque
than the Bolt EV
but what would be interesting, I and
I don't know what their gear ratios are
yet, is to see what is the torque
actually to the axles what's the torque
to the ground because that's what you'll
feel when you step on that accelerator
pedal, that's the torque to the wheels
that makes the vehicle move. The design
of this drive unit this electric motor
it has a peak amperage draw of 400 amps
versus 450 as for the Spark EV so it
uses less current to provide more torque
so it's a more efficient better design
electric motor. The electric motor in
this drive unit spins clear up to 8810 rpm where the
Spark EV only spun up to about 4500 rpm,
and we'll take a look at some
differences in the electric motor design
and the stator winding design that
allowed it to spin at those higher rpms
without the AC losses that typically
occur at higher rpm. As mentioned in the
previous video on high voltage
components of the Chevrolet Bolt EV this
drive unit uses about 2.9 litres, around
3.1 quarts of Dexron HP fully synthetic
base transmission fluid automatic
transmission fluid. It also is cooled by
the General Motors Dexcool 50/50 mix
of coolant and deionized water. Okay
let's take a look at the outside of the
housing here of this drive unit. The
official name or designation of this
drive unit by General Motors is the
1ET25. The one means it's a one speed
trans axle, this doesn't shift, E means
it's electronically controlled, T means
it's a transaxle, and the 25 is a
relative torque rating. Alright, right
here on the front of the transmission is
the actual last eight digits of the
vehicle identification number and you
can see that MMF right there, that is
the three-digit regular production
option code the RPO code that you can
find on label in the back of the Bolt EV if
you take out the lower compartment
carpet and look in what looks like a
spare tire tub, there's a label on the
driver's side that has a whole bunch of
three digit codes on it
MMF just means that's which transaxle
or transmission this vehicle came with.
Okay right here on the top of the trans
axle is the transmission range selector
actuator and this is a brushless DC
motor with a gear reducer that actually
moves the shift lever to put us in to
Park reverse neutral Drive and low, now
technically inside of this drive unit it
there's really only park and not park,
but there is a position sensor in here
called an internal mode switch that will
monitor which position the transaxle
range selector is in so that the vehicle
can act appropriately. For example the
shifter itself on the center console is
not directly connected to the drive unit,
it's just an input to the computer that
controls this actuator, so when we go to
the reverse position for the neutral or
drive or low, there's a feedback on the
internal mode switch electrical
connector right here, that lets the
engine control module, even though this
doesn't have an engine, know which gear
range you have selected so that it can
request the trends axle act
appropriately. Also, right here by the
electrical connector for the internal
mode switch is the transmission fill
plug, so if you want to put fluid into
this transmission you need a 14
millimeter wrench or socket to take this
plug out and put the Dexron HP fluid
into the transmission. There are two
drain plugs on this transmission, one for
each side, so there's one down below on
each end of the transaxle the driver's
side and the passenger side, there's
there are two separate drain plugs to
get the fluid out of each side, now
there's only one fluid that goes
throughout this entire transaxle but
because of how its baffled and set up
inside to remove all the fluid you need
to remove both plugs.
Now speaking of fluid and fluid level
when you drain fluid at whatever the
recommended fluid change interval is or
if you're doing service work on the
transaxle here and you're adding fluid
you need to know when to stop adding
fluid, so on the other side of the
transaxle right here is the transaxle
fluid level check plug, so the drain
plugs right down here, the fluid level
check plugs here, the fill plug is on the
other side so you take the fill plug out
you take the fluid level check plug out,
and you add fluid until fluid comes out
over here, and then you let it sit and
stabilize for a minute add a little bit
more and make sure that fluid comes out
comes out to a slow drip, and then the
instructions tell us to put both plugs
back in and go drive the vehicle until
the transmission fluid temperature
reaches 35 degrees Celsius or 95 degrees
Fahrenheit and then double-check the
fluid level again to make sure that
comes out at a very slow drip. Alright,
while we are here on this side of the
transaxle we have an electric motor an
electric pump for the transmission fluid
so there's a big filter we'll see when
we take this thing apart down the bottom
center of this transaxle it will pull
fluid up from the filter and then put it
into what's called the oil sump so the
oil sump is basically just a great big
bathtub looking area up here that the
pump fills full of fluid and then there
are these little drain channels that
fluid drains down to cool the stator
windings and lubricate bearings and so
on and we'll see that once we get the
cover off so we have an electric 12 to 14
volt driven electric motor that pumps
fluid throughout this transaxle. From
what I read this pump only works when
you are in Reverse or Drive, it does not
pump when you're in park or neutral.
Alright, we have another electrical
connector right here, this connector is
for the resolver which measures the
angle of rotation the direction of
rotation and the speed of the electric
motor rotor itself, and then there's a
transmission fluid temperature sensor
that is in the bottom of this
transmission case cover here. All of
those are accessed electrically through
this electrical connector right here. As
you may have seen in my other video on
high-voltage components we have the air
conditioning compressor of the bolts up
here and then we have our coolant pipes
that go into what's called a coolant
sump in the bottom of this transaxle and
we'll see that here in a few minutes but
we have coolant going in coolant coming
back out and goes through a series of
cooling fins and cooling circuits to
absorb heat from the transmission fluid
right here on the back we have the
electrical connection for the
three-phase cables that come from the
the
single power inverter module that sits
two modules above here. Three-phase
orange cables come down to drive the
electric motor, there's a cover
the cables bolt on and then there's a
cover they'll holds the cable in place.
We have a transmission vent right here,
let's just take that vent off while we
vent tube off while we're here now you
can see the oil sump area again on the
top and the cooling sump coolant sump
area here in the bottom all right there
is one additional plug on the side of
the case with the electric motor and
there's nothing in the service
information to indicate this but I
believe this is a pressure test plug to
check the pump output pressure, but I
can't find any information on what that
fluid pressure should be. Okay, I'm going
to be disassembling this transaxle right
here on the workbench but there actually
is a special fixture to hold this
transaxle and allow you to rotate it and
disassemble different pieces of it and
still be able to rotate it for
convenience. I have this special adapter
as you can see here in this photograph
but the way it's mounted it's too high
and too difficult for me to disassemble
in that holding fixture being in a
wheelchair, so the workbench is where I'm
going to disassemble it, but I wanted you
to know there is a special fixture for
that and I tried it it just doesn't work
for me.
by the way this transaxle weighs about a
hundred and seventy pounds or 77.4
kilograms. Okay, well we're ready to
start disassembly, the first step is to
remove this oil pump the 12-volt power
oil pump, it has three bolts right here
and a few seals underneath it as you can
see here there are two seals that seal
the pump to the transmission case right
here there are two bolts that hold the
cover over the pump gears themselves
there are no instructions on
disassembling this so I assume we're not
supposed to disassemble it but that's
exactly what I like to do
take things apart I'm not supposed to as
long as I can get them back together and
make it work again here we go we've got
a Jew rotor style oil pump there's an
o-ring right here that needs to fit in
this groove to seal and then the cover
just bolts on okay the next thing on the
list is to remove the left-hand and
right-hand output shafts that go into
our differential side gears in the gear
reducer this is the left-hand side right
hand side over there it calls for a
slide hammer and a old pilot bearing
removal tool for a manual transmission
so this is the pilot bearing removal
tool right here and a slide hammer and
we are supposed to put this up inside
and put it into the snap ring groove for
the CV shaft and then pop it out well
come to find out the snap ring groove is
thinner than the tip of this tool that's
supposed to go into it and I didn't
realize that's what the problem was and
I had a hard time getting these output
shafts removed I finally got him out but
once I got a mound got looking at the
tool versus what they were supposed to
be grabbing I realized I need to grind
these down make him a little thinner so
that they'll actually fit into the
grooves of the her for these CV shaft
snap rings that are there so since I've
had this entire transaxle apart before
and I'll put it all back together
I've removed those snap rings they'll
hold these output shafts in place so I
can just pull them out by hand right now
this big long left hand output shaft
goes right through the center of the
rotor of the electric motor itself it's
it's hollow in the middle
and it has a big heavy-duty bushing
right here on the outside with the axle
seal and this is our left-hand output
shaft and then the CV shaft itself plugs
into here that goes to the left front
hub and bearing assembly and tire and
we'll assembly so there's our left-hand
axle shaft there's a snap ring that fits
in that groove right there typically and
I've just removed and I've just removed
that snap ring for ease for this
demonstration here obviously I'll need
to put that back in when I reassemble
so that's the left-hand axle shaft on
the other side we use the slide hammer
again and pull out the right hand axle
shaft as you can see this one is much
shorter than the other one and it has
the support bearing in the differential
case itself that holds it in place and
its own snap ring that I've already
removed and of course an axle sill here
on the other side as well okay the next
thing on the list is to remove this
transaxle case to remove the case I've
got to take the linkage off and our
actuator off and then we've got these
bolts to go all the way around and then
we'll be able to see the gear reduction
transfer gear and the final drive ring
gear and differential gear set so I'll
take the clip out and lift up for a
linkage on the shift actuator and then
take the bolts out
okay here's the shift actuator assembly
itself transmission range selector
actuator kind of a great big piece I
I've seen some of these that are smaller
right I'm not sure why this one is so
giant I'm not I've never seen one this
big but it obviously does the job of
mechanically shifting the transmission
range lever since you have an electronic
shifter on your center console alright
let's take these bolts out of the trans
transmission case okay I've got all the
bolts out of the transmission case now
we can attempt to slide it off it has a
couple of dowel pins they'll hold it in
place there's a couple of pry points
plus one right back here and another one
right here there we go
I'm going to come in with a plastic
mallet here and just tap lightly there
we go okay we can see inside of the
transmission case itself and the only
things in here of real interest are the
transmission internal mode switch right
here we got the electrical connector
right here harness right there that
connects to this outer blue connection
connector that will read which Range
Park reverse neutral low you have
selected with your transmission shift
lever and then we have the parking
linkage right here we've got Park
reverse neutral Drive
and low now of course normally
transmission fluid would would be
pouring out of here of whatever didn't
get drained out when you drained it
previously but I've had this apart and
cleaned everything up before we have our
ring gear right here and our
differential gear set and as notice we
have real nice ball bearings here these
bearings since their ball bearings
instead of tapered roller bearings have
to have in place shims so there's a
special shimming procedure to control
the end play of these bearings that will
have to go through when we reassemble it
so you're supposed to take these shims
off and throw them away well and then
replace them with new new ones when you
go back together I suggest that you take
them off and measure them and then hang
on to them because you might you might
need them again when I took these off
previously and measured them they were
almost all identical in the thickness so
there are six of these shims for the six
ball bearings that are in this transaxle
four of these shims measured exactly
half a millimeter in in with the other
two one of a measure one millimeter in
width and the other one measured 0.9
millimeters so you need to keep track of
what thickness shim you had where and
write those down so that you you'll have
an idea of at least what it was before
you took it apart now if you're just
going back together and you haven't
changed any shims or any parts inside
just reuse the old shims but if you're
changing a bearing or any of these
internal pieces you need to go through
the special measurement procedure that
we'll see when we go back together to
determine if these shims are correct
okay so there's there's special shims on
each of these
bearings I've measured all of them RIT
written their dimensions on the ziploc
bag here that I keep them in and will
refer to those when we go back together
all right now we just need to remove the
counter gear right here and the final
drive a ring gear and differential gear
set this is where our short little
output shaft plugged in right here and
then our long one came all the way
through on the other side okay before we
remove these gears there is a an
aluminum gasket with a rubber seal
embedded into it the instructions tell
us that is not reusable
there is also an oil baffle right down
here to channel transmission fluid away
from the ring gear to reduce losses as
it rotates into it and to splash oil up
into different channels to lubricate the
the bearings if we look in this case
half right here you can almost see what
looks like a funnel right there for the
fluid to drain back down and lubricate
this outer bearing and a similar one
here on this other other side for that
bearing so we've got a oil baffle to
remove all right I've got the oil baffle
removed on the other side of that is our
magnet for metallic particles from gear
normal gear wear and other malfunctions
okay now we're ready ready to remove
these gears pull out on the counter gear
and then pull out on the final drive and
it'll come right out if you don't pull
out on that counter gear first there's
not enough clearance for the final drive
Unit two clear so here's our final drive
you can see our open differential gear
set inside there here's our sim on the
other side as well
all right the instructions tell us that
we can if we won't want to remove the
park linkage in the internal notes which
I don't really care about that that's
just regular stuff that you'd see in any
other automatic transmission so let's
continue on with things that are unique
to the bolt
evie drive unit here the one ET 25
transaxle so let's turn the transmission
case around and we'll take off the
transmission case cover here on the
driver's side
now the SAE document the details the the
bolt evey drive unit here that I told
you about in the high voltage component
video tells us that the drive unit
itself was designed to be serviceable in
the vehicle that's why they have a case
removable case cover on one side and a
case cover on the other side for the
gear reduction unit you can leave this
Center portion with the electric motor
in it in the vehicle and just remove one
or both case covers to do service work
on components inside the case covers
seal replacements resolver replacements
internal modes with replacement and so
on but anyway we're going to take off
this case
cover next from the driver's side all
right this case cover is going to be a
little harder to get off than the other
one because the rotor that has internal
magnets embedded inside of it has now
magnetically pulled itself over to the
stator because we are no longer
centering it inside of the stator itself
and so it puts a it pulls it off to the
side just a little bit so there's a
prying
right here
and there's a pride point right down
here another prior point right here
there we go okay so here's our case
cover and it has an aluminum gasket
that's not reusable as well our case
cover has this long transmission filter
that's not serviceable without
disassembling things as you can see has
a temperature sensor down inside of it
right there and then this is our
resolver our serviceable resolver that
measures the position speed and
direction of rotation of the electric
motor rotor inside the transaxle here
let's turn this around oh by the way
down inside of the bearing housing there
is a shim for the ball bearing right
here on the rotor itself so we're
looking at the stator and the hairpin
six conductor deep stator design a
unique design we'll talk about that a
little bit more once we get the stator
out we have a lubrication channel right
here where fluid is going to drip out of
our oil sump and run along and drop down
on to the stator windings themselves and
cool the the stator windings it also has
a drip channel that comes over and goes
down to this bearing here to lubricate
it
so we've just got an 8 millimeter head
bolt holding the filter in place and as
you can see the filter just has an
o-ring seal on the one side and you can
see the pick up filter screen filter
element on the inside so this is going
to reach all the way in up underneath
the the stator itself to pick up the
fluid on the back side of it and on the
back side of it is the inlet of the
coolant so that would be the cooler oil
on the back side there all right then on
the resolver it just has eight three
eight millimeter head bolts to hold it
in place and one electrical connector
this resolver only bolts in in one
location it's not adjustable it has
automatic learn unlike the older Toyota
Prius resolvers that that would actually
come out of alignment
if you unbolted them and there was no
way for you to line them back up okay so
here is our resolver pull back on the
connector position assurance clip
depress the tab and remove the resolver
itself the resolver is a serviceable
unit when and if it ever goes bad but it
should should never go bad all right
then the remaining wire harness and the
pass-through connector here just goes
over to our temperature sensor okay next
on the list we need to remove what is
called the center support this is what's
supported the driver's side ball bearing
of our differential case assembly
okay this is our center support it's
held in place with six bolts and aligned
with two dowel pins right there now with
that removed there's nothing to stop our
transfer gear from sliding out it's just
a tight fit on the bearing in the bore
as it should be just pray lightly
sometimes these will just slide right
out and right in and other times they'll
they'll fight you here we go okay so
here's our transfer gear it's ball
bearing and shim so put that shit over
here with the others okay right here in
the end of the case we still have a
lubrication channel right here from the
oil trough the oil sump I mean right
there and then we have a cover for the
three-phase electrical connector right
here as well then on the other side we
have that oil distribution channel right
here that cools the stator so we've got
to remove that we are now to the point
where we are ready to pull this rotor
out but we just can't grab on to it and
pull it out it has some super strong
neodymium magnets multiple layers envy
configuration inside of this stator
you're not going to pull it out by hand
and you sure don't want to come in here
and start prying on it so the only way
to get that rotor out of there if you
want to remove it for service replace a
bit bearing on it or the gear on the
other side or another bearing or just
replace the rotor itself for whatever
reason loss of magnetism and trouble
code sets or whatever
it takes a special tool to pull it out
without having it rub on the stator
frame itself and without having it
injure you with you trying to pull it
out and it's pulling back in with all
its magnetic strength so true get that
out there's a special guide tool that
will hold it centered in the stator and
we need to set that up next and it
starts on the other side here so there's
a special tool kit that costs almost a
thousand dollars to Center this rotor as
you pull it out I found one on eBay for
a little bit less than that but but it's
a very expensive tool but if you want to
do service work on this transaxle you've
got to have it so let's bring in the
special tools okay so I brought in the
special tools to keep the rotor centered
there's a special spacer with a notch in
it to clear that notch right there this
is just gonna fit in there just like
that then there's a plate that bolts on
over the top of this to hold it in place
these don't need to be super tight
they're just holding that little spacer
in place so I'll just lightly Snug those
up then there's a sleeve here that's
supposed to fit down the center of that
rotor but these sleeves are a little bit
too big I've had to take sandpaper and
send them down to make them fit inside
of this rotor and I don't know if that's
because the tools were made for a first
design rotor and then they changed it or
if they just made the tools incorrectly
but these tools are from what used to be
can't more tools the special tools
supplier for General Motors it's now
Bosch service solutions so Bosch you may
want to take a look at this this tool
here the DT five two zero one one
- one - three because it doesn't fit
it's not doesn't Center up inside the
the rotor as well as it should
i've had to sand it down just a little
bit and then i'm able to tap it in a
little bit there but I think that it's
supposed to be if it's supposed to be a
tight fit but it should be able to slide
in by hand I believe then we have a
guide pin that's going to go through the
center of that then we have this outer
housing the bolts in place to hold the
guide pin in place so the blue sleeve
this one here because there's one for
the other side also centers the rotor
into this plate and then this sleeve is
centered into this plate so we've now
centered the rotor on this side of the
stator so now we need to go to the other
side to put additional tools in to get
it centered and then pull it up and out
okay at this point if I had the
transaxle mounted in that special
rotating holding fixture I would just
simply rotate it on its side and get the
get the rest of the tools hooked up but
I don't I'm not able to use that so I'm
just going to put some extra long bolts
in this side of the case to hold the
case up off of this tool when I tip it
over to support it as we pull the rotor
out
okay so here we go we're going to tip
the tip the whole thing up on its hand
just like that so now we've got
clearance for the tool underneath and we
can get the upper tools set up to pull
the rotor up and out all right while
we've got the transaxle tipped on its
side let's take this oil sump cover off
and show you what's inside of there so
it's just a big empty trough and you can
see has one two three four five six
holes in it where fluid is going to go
out and drip down on other parts inside
of the transaxle for stator cooling and
for the ball bearing lubrication the
cover itself has that same aluminum
gasket that's not reusable also while we
have this transaxle on its end let's
turn it over and take the coolant sump
off next okay here's our coolant sump
you can see this pipe right here is
where the coolant comes in and it has to
wind back and forth back and forth and
then come back out over here the coolant
sump which is visible from the bottom of
the car with the under car cover removed
also has that same aluminum gasket
that's not not reusable why are they not
reusable I don't know maybe the aluminum
crushes these I'm going to see if I can
buy replacement gaskets at the local
Chevrolet dealer it seems like I saw a
service bulletin saying that all these
parts are serviceable now and it gave
the part numbers for them but if not
none of these are damaged it only has 35
miles on it and I'll reuse them and see
what happens
okay so coolant sump oil sump so now we
are ready to pull out the rotor assembly
so to pull out the rotor assembly we
have a guide pin it's going to come in
and screw into that dowel they had a
threaded end on it all right so this
threaded guide pin did not line up
exactly perfect with the guide pin down
below I can't tell if we're just
spinning the whole thing there we go
all right it's screwed all the way into
that alignment dowel from below now we
have this tool that has three holes that
go over the holes where the stator bolts
are so we need to remove the stator
bolts next these stator bolts are not
reusable three stator bolts so we put
this tool over the top of that we want
to be very careful that we don't damage
pry lean or set anything on the stator
windings here that could cause damage to
them so we'll get that lined up just
like that now I'm going to reposition
the camera so you can see
how tall this next tool is that fits on
here all right we have two clamshell
type tools that are going to come in and
clamp down over the resolver cam rotor
there and this bearing they're gonna go
just like that except I need to split
them apart so I can get the next tool in
it says this big tall piece right here
that's going to go over and down into
our stator bolt holes so we've got this
threaded shaft we've got this adapter
right here that these little clamshell
tools are going to hook into and then
the threaded shaft with a nut on the top
of it we're going to tighten that nut
and pull the rotor up out okay so the
tricky part of giving this hooked up is
getting both of these
clamshell tools over this lip right here
so I have to loosen the nut on the top
and let it come down let me turn this
you can see what's going on
there we go okay so we slide that open
clamp the clamshells around it put this
sleeve over the top of it to lock the
clamshell in place snug up this nut to
hold the lock in place and then from the
top here we start to pull up on the
rotor itself I'm going to get
repositioned bring my chair up a little
higher here so I can reach that nut it
takes quite a bit of turning to pull
that out okay here we go thirty
millimeter wrench we want to turn the
nut and prevent the shaft from turning
so I'm just going to hang on down here
as it comes up those guide pins the
guide dowels keep it from rubbing on the
stator frame although although there's
almost a strange ratcheting sound as I'm
pulling this out that makes me think
it's barely contacting the the stator
laminations or the rotor laminations
anyway we'll pull it out and take a look
see if we can see any witness marks you
can see the top of the rotor now is
starting to appear
I think we're finally clearing the top
of the yes we are it all of a sudden got
real easy to turn the nut so we no
longer have the magnet pulling out or
resisting us pulling out okay you can
see the entire length of the rotor here
get another bearing down below it and a
gear below that now we're supposed to
just lift up on this and and pull it out
I'm not sure if I'm strong enough I may
have to bring in the the engine hoist to
pull it out of here but it's just
sitting on these three non-magnetic
aluminum poles here and we've got the
weight of the the rotor assembly itself
I measured it earlier but I can't
remember what it is at this moment but
let's see if we can lift this up and out
though I cannot so let me get the engine
hoist we have to lift it up high enough
to clear that alignment dowel so I've
got to lift it up probably four more
inches 100 millimeters or so okay I've
never tried this before it's just a lift
strap let's bring it up
okay the lifting or the tool was getting
stuck in one of the holes for the the
stator bolts there we go
okay here we go
and we've cleared the alignment dowel so
slide the case out of the way here and
we'll let that back down
oh let's see how much that weighs it
says it weighs 60 pounds with the tool
the tools probably 10 pounds of that
okay we have to remember that this rotor
is highly magnetic very strong eight
pole magnetic field around this thing
and so we need to keep it away from
anything any metal particles or any
tools or anything else that could cost
cause it to receive damage on its
laminations here in looking at the the
laminations from removing it I don't see
any obvious damage at all there let's
let this down and take the the tool off
and just look at the rotor itself
little clamshell pieces out of there
these tools are magnet earth iron some
some sorts so we got to keep those away
from the magnetic field as you can see
these blue bars are aluminum they're not
sticking to the the rotor itself and
then plastic of course works great with
the magnetic fields so now we've just
got our rotor we've got our drive gear
down here I've got a ball bearing and
another ball bearing there's another
shim down inside the case a bigger
diameter shim for this bigger diameter
bearing all right I'm going to get some
wooden blocks to put this in all right
here's the rotor for the bolt
evie as you can see this bearing seems
to have some sort of a gray coating on
the outer race where this one does not
and on the counter gear bearings they
also have this gray coating it doesn't
say anything about what that gray
coating is for I suspect it's to prevent
corrosion from the dissimilar metals
with possible induced currents going
through them with the the motor running
vehicle going down the road I've seen
this type of coating on universal joints
in universal joint caps universal joint
caps bearing caps in an aluminum
driveshaft the same color I don't know
if it's the same material but if any of
you know what this coating is for if
you'd please put that in the comments
below I'd appreciate that
I'm just speculating okay so we've got
the rotor out of the way this is a
serviceable piece now the last piece to
remove is the stator assembly itself and
it has three special guide pins that go
into the stator bolt holes and screw
into the transaxle case and then they're
tapered on the top here and that's to
allow you to slide the stator out
without it binding inside so I'll slide
that over there rotate it down and just
pull out slightly
here it comes just like that so here's
the stator for the Chevrolet bolt Eevee
if we zoom in close and look at the
stator windings you can actually see
there are 1 2 3 rows of these hairpin
conductors which means they are 6
conductors deep in this stator and from
what I read in the SAE document on this
new improved motor that helps reduce the
AC power losses at the higher motor rpm
a typical stator like in the previous
Chevrolet Volt had 2 rows instead of 3
so they were four conductors deep in the
Chevrolet Volts and six conductors deep
here and one of the people that was on
the original design team for the
Chevrolet Volt told me that when they
designed this electric motor and it's
designed for maximum efficiency and hand
power that there was no other motor out
there that could even match the
efficiency of this motor and they said
that they designed this motor to be the
next small-block Chevrolet so to say of
power trains so the small-block
Chevrolet was and still is a very
popular very powerful v8 engine and has
been for many many years and their
intent was to have this motor design
maybe even this drive unit be in
multiple platforms with the same high
power high efficiency motor system if we
look at the other side here of the
stator windings you can see the the
other end of the hairpin conductors and
then there's a drip channel right here
for oil to come out of that oil sump and
to drip down and go down and lubricate
the stator windings because these get
really hot this is the heat source
inside of the transmission and it and
although it gets hot it doesn't get as
hot as the fluid
although the fluid gets hot it doesn't
get hot as a normal planetary gearset
style automatic transmission and the
cooling system surge tank reservoir cap
was only pressurized to 5 psi for this
loop of the cooling system so much lower
amounts of heat compared to an internal
combustion engine with a torque
converter heat generating planetary
gearset style of automatic transmission
now just a couple of things to get
wrapped up with this disassembly video
because we will reassemble it showing
the special measurements for the shims
and everything when we go back together
but one thing I wanted to show you about
these electric vehicles is how simple
they are and when I mean when I say
simple I don't mean simple design
meaning it was easy to design these
simplicity is not necessarily easy but
if we look at the number of rotating
parts in this entire drive unit
there are basically three main rotating
parts we've got the rotor assembly that
then turns the counter gear right here
that then turns the final drive three
pieces no clutch packs no bands and no
sprags no roller clutches no Pistons
none of those hundreds of parts that you
would see in a typical automatic
transmission let alone the internal
combustion engine that this is replacing
of course there are three main moving
parts these pieces here but each one has
two bearings on it so there's six more
pieces so there's nine total and then
inside of the differential here we have
two side gears and two differential
pinion gears so that makes for a total
of 13 possible moving parts inside the
of this drive unit and only when you're
turning corners would the side gears in
the differentials
be rotating at a different speed than
the differential case so a real basic
very reliable system these electric
vehicles and and this one is is very
efficient and that the design is very
compact to where this left-hand output
shaft remember goes right through the
center of the rotor instead of being
offset like on the the Nissan Leaf and
other electric vehicles out there so
congratulations to Chevrolet and the
design team that came up with this
amazing and efficient and simplistic
evie drive unit and I think it's
absolutely beautiful so coming up I hope
to shoot a reassembly video with all the
measurements for this drive unit and
then we've got all of these parts out
the drive unit all of the electronics
and our and our Chevy bolt back here on
the hoist is totally empty yeah under
the under the hood so we've got to put
that all back together and and make it
work again even the battery is out the
whole thing is stripped as far as the
powertrain is concerned and we're gonna
put that back together and and make it
work and hopefully get it converted to a
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Chevy Dave:
- Hey, what's up everybody,
Chevy Dave here from Deien
Chevrolet, I'm gonna do a
quick walk-around on this brand
new 2020 Chevy Traverse,
Redline edition that we just got
in.
If this is your first time
checking out my channel, I'm
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It has some great information
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This is just going to be a
quick walk around, on this brand
new 2020 Chevy Traverse, but
stay tuned, I'm going to give
away this $25 gas card, I'll
let you know later on in this
video how you can get entered
into the contest for this gas
card.
So, let's take a look at this
2020 Chevy Traverse Redline
Edition.
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All right, so here's a look
at this 2020 Chevy Traverse,
Redline edition.
We just got this vehicle in,
2020's are starting to ship now
to the dealerships, not much
really changed on the vehicles
from the 2019 to the 2020,
they just kinda changed some of
the packages and stuff, within
the vehicle itself. Most of
the same features are still all
available on the 2020's that
were available on the 2020's.
This one is a silver ice
metallic color, so the redline
edition is basically a
premiere model with the special
redline package, where you get
the blacked out, aluminum, 20
- Inch rims, with the red
accents, the badging as you can
kinda see, is blacked out, with
the red outline as well, and
then all of the bumpers and
stuff is all blacked out as well
black bow ties, and then the
front grill is blacked out with
the black bow tie as well, so,
the Redline edition is avail-
able in silver, black, white,
and also in the iridescent
pearl white as well.
This does have a 3.6 liter V6
motor in it, gets you about 27
on the highway and around 18 in the city.
We do price our vehicles to
sell here, this is just going to
be a quick walk-around on
this vehicle, so if you're
interested, or want to learn
more, feel free to hit me up,
all my contact information is
a link in the description in
this video, so shoot me a
email or shoot me a text, and I
can either schedule a time for
you to come in and check it
out, or I can schedule a time
for you to send you some more
information, and a little
more in-depth look at this
vehicle.
This vehicle does come with
a three year, 36, bumper to
bumper warranty, along with
a five year 60,000 powertrain
warranty, and then Deien's
own lifetime powertrain
warranty, as well.
So, let's take a look at
the interior of the vehicle.
All right, so also on the
Redline edition, you do get the
blacked painted mirrors, and
then also the handles and stuff
are all painted black as
well, it does have the keyless
entry with remote start, and
then also your keyless rear
hatch release as well, it
does have a proximity lock and
unlock so you just walk, hit
this button right here, and you
can lock and unlock the vehicle,
then here's a look on the
interior, this is the jet-black
interior, and then you do
have the power windows, power
locks, you can program the
seat adjustments there, you
got your power mirrors there,
you do have a selectable height
as far as the rear lift gate
,it does have the Bose stereo
system in it, this one, we did
put the all-weather floor
mats in it, both driver and
passenger seats are power, and
heated and vented, and then
you do have the heated steering
wheel, and then here's just
kind of a quick look at the
interior of the vehicle.
All right, here's a look in
the back, you still get the
power windows back here, like
I said you do get the all-
weather floor mats, does have
the captain's chairs there,
the second row is heated and
you do have two USB ports plus
the 120 volt power outlet, and
you have the rear AC controls
, and here's a look in the third row.
Then with the Redline package
you do get the power sun roof,
and then also the second
row skylight is part of that
package as well.
All right, so something I like
to point out whenever I do a
review on a third row vehicle,
is how easy it is to get into
the third row, so, the Traverse
on the passengers side, they
make this seat move furthest
up so that they know that
whenever you pick up kids you
always pick them up on the
passenger's side, so they don't
walk out in traffic, so you
grab this handle right here,
and it slides up, and basically
you still have enough room in
there if you do need to have a
front facing car seat, but
gives you quite a bit of room to
get into that third row, and
the seats do move forward and
back as well, as far as for
positioning, so you can have
quite a bit of room in that
third row as well, even for
adults.
All right, like I said, it does
have the keyless rear hatch
release, as well, but with
the premiere models you do get
that hands-free lift gate,
so as you can see there's a
little bow tie right here,
that kinda lights up on the
floor, it projects down, so
let's you know exactly where you
need to kick, and basically if
you have your hands full you
can basically unlock it, so
you just walk up, put your foot
underneath there, it trips that
sensor, and then it opens up
the rear lift gate.
Then here's a look in the back,
it does have the all-weather
floor mats back here to protect
the back as well, then the
seats of course do fold down,
and then you do have the
compartment underneath here,
and then your spare tire is up
underneath there, and then
you do have the 12 volt outlet
over there, some tie-down
slots, as well, and then also in
the third row there is USB
ports on both sides, so you have
the option of charging, which
you know kids love to charge
their stuff, and even adults,
it's a good way to charge your
phone or something if you're on a trip.
Then, it does have the power,
just hit that button right
here, and then it'll close on its own!
All right and here's a quick
look at the interior of the
vehicle, it does have the
heated steering wheel, cruise
control, and then also your
collision alert, there.
It does also have the auto
high beams feature, so you can
set that and basically it'll
automatically turn your high
beams on and off when you're
driving, which is definitely
kinda nice.
You've got the gauges, you
got your driver's information
controls, and then your
Bluetooth controls there, it does
have the push button start
there, has the Chevy Mylink radio
system, AM/FM, and silent
radio, it does have phone and
Bluetooth capabilities, it does
have the built in navigation
so you can have navigation
actually built into it, or you
can actually use Andriod auto
or Apple CarPlay, and use
your Google maps, or whatever
mapping service you use on
your phone.
It does have the wifi hotspot
as well, it does have this
little compartment back here,
too, and then, they did get
rid of the USB port back here,
so that is gone on the 2020
models, and it does have a backup camera.
So you've got a 360 degree,
birds-eye view, plus your rear
backup camera, and then some
different camera, your camera
angles, and it also has a
front facing camera as well, so
if you need to pull up to
something close in the garage,
then you have that ability.
It also has the rear camera
mirror, rear view mirror, also
this is actually using the
camera in the back, so it's
unobstructed view as far as
behind you, if it's too much you
can always flip it down and do
the regular rear view mirror
there, but it does have the
rear view camera mirror option
as well.
Then down here you do have your
heat elemented seats, duals
on, and then you can also control
your rear climate controls
through the touch screen.
It does have the wireless
charging pad down here, you got
two USB ports, and AUX in, and
an SD card slot there, plus
you got your 12 volt outlet
there, and then over here you do
have your drive modes, and
then inside here there's no USB
ports in the center console
or anything like that.
All right, once again this
is Chevy Dave here from Deien
Chevrolet, this was just a
quick walk around on this brand
new, 2020 Chevy Traverse
Redline edition, this vehicle is
located at our dealership, we're
located about 40 miles east
of St Lewis in the Metro Easy
area, we are a small town
dealership with big deals.
If you're interested in this
vehicle, or want to know a
little bit more about it,
feel free to hit me up, all my
contact information is below
in the description of this
video, so go ahead and reach
out to me, and I can give you
some more information, or we
can schedule a time for you to
come in and check it out.
Also, make sure you check out
my website, www.ChevyDave.com
and while you're there, sign
up to be a Chevy Dave celebrity
member, I do lots of contests,
it's a private group, I do
lots of contests through that
group, and also I give you
guys some great insider
information to help you out with
your next vehicle purchase as well.
Also, while you're there,
make sure you download my free
buyer's guide as well to help
you out with your next vehicle
purchase, and signing up to
be a Chevy Dave star read,
that's how you can get registered
to win that $25 gas card
as well, so, also make sure
you drop me a comment below,
let me know exactly what you
guys think about this vehicle
and about this video, and I
love hearing from all my viewers
and subscribers, and also
where you're checking the video
out from, I like hearing that
as well, see how far of a
reach I get with my videos.
Also make sure you give me a
thumbs up, and make sure you
hit that subscribe button,
and turn on the bell
notifications, so you don't
miss out on any future videos.
So once again, this is Chevy
Dave here from Deien Chevrolet,
come see me, I make car buying
great again, thank you for
checking out this video, I
hope you have a wonderful day.
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2019 chevy blazer lt review - base chevrolet blazer review - 5395
Chevy Dave:
- Hey, what's up
everybody, Chevy Dave here
I'm gonna do a quick walk around on this
brand new 2019 Chevy
Blazer that we just got in.
If this is your first time
checking out my channel,
I'm Chevy Dave, I do vehicle reviews,
along with giving you guys
some great information
to help you out with your
next vehicle purchase.
If you are in the market for a brand new
or pre-owned vehicle, make
sure you check out my website
www.ChevyDave.com, I actually
have a free buyer's guide
that you can download from there,
and it'll get you some great information
and help you out with your
next vehicle purchase as well.
Plus, if this is your first
time checking out my channel,
make sure you hit that like button,
and make sure you hit
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and make sure you turn on
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I'm just gonna do a quick walk around this
2019 Chevy Blazer, but at
some point in this video
I'll let you know how
you can get registered
to win this $25 gas card
that I'm going to give away.
So, let's check out this Blazer.
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All right, so here's a look
at this 2019 Chevy Blazer.
This is just the Blazer model, so there's
three different trim levels,
there is a base Blazer,
and then they have the RS,
and then they have the
Premier on top of that.
This one does have the
3.6L V6 engine in it,
get you about 26 on the
highway, and 20 in the city.
It is in black, as far as exterior,
and a dark galvanized
interior on the vehicle.
Does have the confidence, and
Driver Confidence package.
So, I'll have that kind of listed below in
the description of this video so you can
check out all of the
features that are included
in that package.
This is just going to be a quick
walk around on the vehicle.
If you're interested in this vehicle,
feel free to hit me up, all
my contact information is
below in the link the description.
We do price our vehicles to
sell here at Deien Chevrolet,
and they do not last long.
Also, I can ship vehicles
across the country,
or I can order you one exactly like this
and have it drop shipped
to a dealer near you,
so make sure you hit me up.
This vehicle does come with
the three year/36
bumper-to-bumper warranty,
five year/60,000 powertrain warranty,
and then Deien's own
lifetime powertrain warranty
on top of that.
So, let's take a closer look at
the interior of the vehicle.
All right, so the vehicle
does have keyless entry
with remote start, along with
a keyless rear hatch release,
and then here's a look at the interior.
Like I said, this is the
dark galvanized, light gray interior.
Does have power windows, power locks,
and then also powered mirrors.
Does have the selectable height,
as far as the rear lift gate.
This vehicle does have the all weather
floor mats already in it.
Does have a, like I said,
push button start as well.
And then cruise control,
steering wheel controls, Bluetooth.
Backup camera, heated
seats, the driver's seat is
power and the passenger's seat is manual.
And it still has the Camaro
themed interior and gauges.
Let's hop in the back.
Here's a look in the back, it
does have the power windows,
along with the, like I said,
all weather floor mats down here.
It does have a USB and USB-C
port on the center console.
Does have a center arm rest as well,
and the seats do fold
down, they fold down flat.
Like I said, it does have the
keyless rear hatch release, as well.
And then back here it does
have the factory floor mats,
and you got the all
weather floor mats there.
And it does have the levers
that you can pull down
to basically have the seat fold down,
which is definitely nice.
And then underneath here, you
do still have your spare tire,
and then some storage
compartments over here.
And then you do have a
12 volt outlet over here,
and then there is like
LED lighting in the back.
Definitely nice.
And then to close it, like I said,
there's a power rear lift gate,
so you just hit that button
right there and it closes,
all on it's own.
All right, so here's a
quick look at the interior,
like I said, you do
have the cruise control,
Bluetooth and steering wheel controls.
And here's a look at the gauges,
does have the push button start.
Does have the Chevy MyLink radio system,
with Bluetooth capability
and Apple CarPlay,
and Android Auto feature as well.
Plus, it does have a backup camera.
And then down here, like
I said, you do have the
heated seats, and then
all your climate controls,
your temperature gauges.
It is a dual zone climate control,
you got your USB, USB-C plug there,
plus your drive modes down here.
Your parking assist and your
different drive modes, as well.
All right, once again
this is Chevy Dave here
from Deien Chevrolet.
This vehicle is located at our dealership,
we're located about 40
miles east of St. Louis
and the Metro East area.
We are a small town
dealership with the big deals.
If you're interested in this
vehicle or want to learn more
about it, just feel free to hit me up.
All my contact information
is below in the link
in the description of this video,
and we can either schedule
time for you to come in
and look at it, or I can
get you a more in-depth look
at this vehicle.
Also, make sure you check out my website,
www.ChevyDave.com, and while you're there,
sign up to be a Chevy
Dave celebrity member,
that's where I do all my contests and also
give you guys some insider
information in the industry
to help you out with your
next vehicle purchase.
And then also download
my buyer's guide too
while you're there, and
when you sign up for that,
that's how you get
entered into the contest
for this gas card.
So, just sign up as a Chevy
Dave celebrity member,
and you'll be automatically
entered in that contest.
I do at least a gas card a month giveaway.
Also, drop me a comment below,
let me know exactly what
you guys think about
this vehicle and about this video,
and also where you guys are
checking this video out from.
I love hearing from all
my viewers, subscribers,
and seeing how far the
videos are reaching,
and stuff like that.
Also make sure you give me a thumbs up,
and make sure you hit
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So, once again, this is Chevy Dave
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come see me and make
car buying great again.
Thank you for checking out this video,
I hope you have a wonderful day!
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The base price is going
to be less than $60,000.
That's incredible.
This is the eighth generation
Corvette, and of course now
it's mid-engine.
There is a 6.2-liter
V8 right about here.
Now, that's a big deal
for a lot of reasons.
Well, one, it's the first
time that a Corvette
has gone mid-engine.
Two, it brings a ton
of performance benefits
and it makes a pretty radical
change to what Corvette is.
Really quick, that engine
is still a pushrod V8.
That means it's low, it's
sacrificing a little bit
of valve train sophistication
for sitting low in the car
itself.
It's attached to an 8-speed dual
clutch automatic transmission.
The only transmission
offering, and of course, it
drives the rear wheels.
Now, it makes 495 horsepower
with the performance exhaust,
and with Launch Control, and
with the performance options,
like the Z51 track package
that was on the C7, and so on,
enables 0 to 60 in less
than three seconds.
Push is pretty spectacular.
Now, one of things
that happens when
you switch to a
mid-engine configuration
is of course all that space that
was once cargo volume is now
engine volume, I guess?
But there's still
a trunk behind it,
which Chevy says can
fit two golf bags, which
is pretty impressive.
It shows Chevy's
commitment to understanding
the practicality
aspect of the Corvette,
and why owners really
appreciate that.
It makes this car more
usable for more people.
On top of that, there's also
a front trunk, or frunk,
up front.
Combined, both of those
compartments make 12.6-ish
cubic feet of cargo space,
which is pretty important.
Let's go a little
bit further up.
One of things they maintained
was the removable roof,
which has always been a
highlight of Corvettes.
It's nice to be able to
take the roof off and just
go for a cruise.
There are a couple of
other big, dramatic changes
to the rest of the car, as well.
Gone are the
transverse leaf spring
setup that used to underpin
Corvette for a long time.
Now we're just down
to coil overs, which
is more traditional,
and should make
for a really sophisticated
ride and handling,
especially when paired with the
magnetic fluid-filled shocks
that Corvette's been using
in recent years, and those,
we've really liked a lot.
Chevy says in the
press materials
that the Corvette equipped
with all-season tires
can generate 1 G laterally.
That's ridiculous
for all-season tires,
and that's such a high
amount of grip capability
that actually all Corvettes
now will have a dry [INAUDIBLE]
oiling system to ensure constant
lubrication to important engine
bits when you're
cornering really hard.
A lot of really
exciting stuff there.
Let's move our way to the front.
And one of the real advantages,
beyond all the performance
headroom, of having the
engine in the middle,
because it's putting more
mass on the rear tires,
giving them more traction to
brake, accelerate, and handle,
but you also move the passenger
compartment quite a bit
forward in the cabin.
And that means you can
put the hood down lower,
because there's no
longer an engine there.
You can make the
windshield bigger.
That gives you a
better sight line.
And because there's no
longer an engine blocking it,
you can have a shorter
and more direct steering
system, which makes the
whole thing feel more direct.
It also helps when you're
closer to the front wheels, too.
It makes the process
feel a little bit better.
Let's find a way to
hop inside and talk
about what's going on in there.
The interior's a
pretty dramatic change,
like the rest of
the car, I guess.
Two seats, of course.
Squared-off steering
wheel, which
looks interesting, but
in my experience, cars
that use this design work
pretty well because you have
four unique points
of contact that
help in doing hand-over-hand
steering around tight corners,
or when you're in a power
slide, as I like to do,
it helps you locate where
the center of the wheel
is really quickly.
Big digital gauge cluster
behind that, infotainment
display here, all
very driver-oriented
how it wraps around you,
especially this little trim
piece of HVAC controls.
Very interesting decision.
It's going to be a while
before we actually figure out
if we like it or
not, but I will say,
I like having physical buttons
rather than digital ones buried
in the menu.
One of things we
haven't talked about
is something that's
really impressive,
and that's a button
hidden up here
that lifts the front
end of the car when
you're approaching like a
speed bump or your driveway.
And the cool thing is when
you do that, you can actually
have the GSP system
remember where that was,
so when you get home, you don't
have to always hit that button.
Or if there's always a speed
bump or a pothole on your drive
home, the car will just
learn that as you use it.
And that's a really cool
thing to have in a sports car.
There's nothing more
embarrassing than scraping
the nose on your sports car
as you leave your driveway
in the morning.
Very, very embarrassing.
There's a lot here that we're
going to learn, and experience,
and talk about.
But for the time being, this
Corvette looks really cool,
and we can't wait to drive it.
2020 Chevy Traverse LT Review - Chevrolet Traverse Review - 5416
Chevy Dave:
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All right, so here's a
look at this 2020 Traverse.
This is a front-wheel drive 1LT
Traverse that we just got in.
This is brand new for 2020,
it's got the, it's in the
silver ice metallic color
with a jet black interior,
which is the cloth interior on the LT.
It does have a 3.6 liter V6 motor in it,
gets you about 27 on the highway
and around 18 in the city,
as far as the fuel efficiency on it.
This does have the confidence
and driver convenience package,
and I'll list all that out
as far as in the description of this video
so you can see exactly
what's all in that package.
This is just gonna be a quick walk around
on this 2020 Traverse.
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vehicle or wanna learn more,
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We can schedule a time for you to come in
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Or we can, I can get you
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It does come with a three year,
36 bumper-to-bumper warranty,
along with a five year,
60,000 powertrain warranty,
and the Deien's Own Lifetime
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On top of that, I can ship
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drop-shipped to a dealership near you,
so you can just go in
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and drive off with a brand new Traverse.
Let's take a closer look at
the interior of the vehicle.
All right, so it does have keyless entry
with remote start, along
with a rear hatch release,
and it does have the proximity lock,
it unlocks so you just walk
up, hit that button there,
and it'll lock and unlock the vehicle.
It does have the power windows,
you got your power locks up here
plus your power mirrors,
and then it does have
the selectable height
for the rear lift gate,
so you can pop it from
there or use the key fob.
Here's a look at the interior.
You have cruise control,
Bluetooth and steering wheel controls.
Just a little quick glance over,
so this is the jet black,
I know it says jet black but
it's almost like a charcoal,
as far as the interior color.
The driver seat's power
and then the passenger
seat is gonna be a manual,
as far as adjustability.
And then here's a look in the back,
you do have the power windows back here,
plus you do have the rear
climate controls back here,
plus two USB charging spots there,
and then, of course it
is a third-row vehicle,
here's a look in the back
as far as the third row.
Lots of room as far as
in the back cargo area.
And something I do on all
my third-row vehicles,
is to kind of show you the ease
of gettin' into the third row.
So on the passenger side,
which is usually where you
pick up your kids or grandkids,
you just pull on that lever right there,
and it slides all the way up,
so you could still actually still have
a front-facing car seat in here,
and it's not gonna hinder as far as
how much room there is to
get into the third row.
But then, if you look here
there's quite a bit of room
to get into the third row,
and it looks like we
need to vacuum back here
a little bit more, but our
detail guys kinda missed a spot.
But, quite a bit of room
to get into that third row
from the second row.
All right guys, here it
does have keyless entry
with remote start, along
with the rear trunk release,
so you hit this button right here twice,
and that'll actually pop
your rear hatch release.
And then here's a look back here.
The seats do fold down if you
ever need to haul anything,
and then there is also USB
ports over on the side,
there's one right there on that side,
and also one on the other side,
so you can hook up something
and charge it if you need to,
which, you know if you have
kids and stuff like that,
definitely always need that.
It does have a storage
compartment down underneath here.
And then it does also
have a 12-volt outlet
over here on the side.
And then to close it, you just
hit this button right here,
and then it'll motorize down.
All right, and then here's a
quick look at the interior,
we do have, like I said,
cruise control, steering controls,
and then the Bluetooth controls there,
it is a push button start,
here's a look at the
AM/FM Chevy MyLink radio,
It does have the far slide-up,
little compartment back underneath there.
It does have AM/FM and
satellite radio capability,
it does also have a
standard backup camera,
and then you do have the heated seats,
it is a dual-zone as far
as the climate controls,
and then you can also
control the third row
temperatures all from back
over here on the radio,
and then you do have two
USB ports and then a AUX in,
and then the 12 volt outlet down there,
and then down here you
do have your drive mode,
and your touch control off button
right there in your electronic
parking brake there.
All right, so once again
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How to mod your 2007 Chevrolet Aveo LT's lighting
W3Electronics:
So this is a how-to video
on changing the LEDs in your Chevy Aveo
were going over how to get into your gauge cluster
the digital clock
the radio
the AC cluster
the shifter and the dimmer
so lets start with the digital clock
let's take it off
all you really have to do is
pull back on it
let's see if I can do this one handed
voila! pops off just like that
you gotta take off the two screws from the side
theres single connector holding it
in the back
your gonna have to unplug that
voila, there's your digital clock
now what you want to do with it is take off the plastic tabs
pop them up be careful cause
plastic does
get brittle
now you have your cover, now i've put a blue film over it
since I couldn't change the
digital clock itself but it could change
the LED lights
unfortunately because of the cover being
yellow
when blue light hits yellow it turns green
you could choose to keep it off
I think it matches with the
digital clock on the
on the board
in the radio
so i suggest just leaving it
this is the back
this is the front
so just take lots of care while opening this
you could lift the plastic cover in the front
just to make sure you have a little more
view
there it is
there's the cover, it's white. There see?
plastic film
and there are the LEDs
what you want to do is you want to push out
the board
be careful
you could push the tabs
now that you've gotten it off
you could see the LEDs
alright so if you look
you can see which LEDs are for what
there's three LEDs for the passenger air bag
there's one for the indicators on and off
and there is one for your
anti-theft alarm
this is how you take apart your digital clock
now we can move on to the shifter
next part is the shifter, now you want to clean out everything from the
front
and the whole center
because your going to be taking off
this first
from the emergency brake
then you'll be pulling up this piece
this whole front piece
alright, your going to be taking off this front piece by lifting off the front of it
the reason is cause it holds down this piece
now you want to pull this piece up
but be careful
there are other parts
that come off
just bring it up
the whole unit
comes off
now that you've got this whole piece off
and set-aside
you can lift
this piece
from the front
than from the back
now that you have
all four of those out
we can deal with this
now there are two connectors under. One for the bulb for the middle, and then
connector for the hold button. So
your going to disconnect those
that's the connector for the hold
now that you got your connector off
you can choose to weather you want to take off your bulbs connector or not, there it is
I suggest you don't you don't need to.
the next parts a little more tricky
the next part
going to need to unscrew
the bottom part
from the top
don't know if you can get a good view of it from here
there's one screw
should be four of these all around
wish I could get a better view but that's it
unscrew those and you'll be able to take off the top
so once you got all those four screws
off
you could easily lift and
move this forward
and now you've got
a complete access to the bulb that goes here
now you could easily go online and just buy the
bulb that goes here or you can buy
the ones that are LED
replace it
and it'll be blue
now the hold button if you want to change that
it's completely different, you have to open it and solder it
now for
that you need to take out the hold button
the hold button you need to pinch the sides
and you need to push it upward
and voila!
comes out
alright you need to be careful cause you need to take that piece off and that piece off.
and I've almost broken it
you need to be very careful
so let's do that let's open it up
so make sure you lift those two sides up
very carefully that's what I did I used a
small flat head screw driver
now you can remove it
you see that?
got the LED in there already
I use these tabs cause they
went in the gauge cluster so I might as well keep the
LEDs the same all around
all you need to do is pullout that
circuit board from the back
so you need to lift up this tab and these tabs
so now that you have those tabs off you could easily open it. But I want you to be very
careful cause there are two springs on the inside
now as you can see I soldered a different LED where the original was.
the original was a green
and I put this blue. But I put a
surface mount style LED
I simply cut off the leads and then
sat this won't up where it was
and pointed it forward
and that's how you can basically turn
your hold button into the color you want
and your shifter
now we can move on to the gauge cluster.
now the gauge cluster is pretty simple. You lower your steering wheel
lock it in place
and remove the top
you pull out and you pull up
let's do that and pull out from the bottom
pull up
and the whole thing just comes right off
make sure you don't lose any pieces
now you gotta unscrew four, count them
four screws
now that you've got
the screws off
you have to take off
that and that piece
what you do is squeeze and pull it out
squeeze and pull out
the entire thing comes right out
now you gotta make sure when your taking this apart
and when you're taking off
these
that you don't end up breaking them. You could also take off the
plastic front
so you pushed down and forward
down and forward
down and . . .
forward
then I can pull that right off
set it aside
now you gotta be very careful
this whole thing has to come off for you
to get behind
to the LEDs
so you gotta take off
the needles
remember where the needles are at
they stay low
until you turn them on
and then they'll go up to
zero point
so they're about there
remember that mark
as far as the gas
and the temperature gauge there about a little higher than that there about there.
right above the letters
so remember that before you start taking this apart
so you pull off
make sure you pull off evenly so is not to break the needles
so pull the needles right off, I've already
pre-pulled these off but make sure you
pull with equal force all around, you don't
want to break these
it's hard to find replacements
so you set those aside and now that you've got those off
you gotta pull these tabs off
and when you pull these tabs up
makes you don't break them
so now that these tabs are up
pull this up
now you can take your cluster
simply pull it out
so you push that off and voila! This comes off
now you've got your cluster
you could pull this up it's got two tabs holding it down
about a tab each one
then you can pull up on it
just like you did the digital clock
and voila! look at that
there's your LEDs
I put a blue behind the gas gauge. Cause for some reason if you change the bulb on the
gas gauge i'm not sure why
but it wont work
with an LED
so i simply put blue on it
blue shade behind it
and i also made a turn signals LED
blue, you can
probably make your's, make sure you check your laws
now I put two LEDs there
their blue
here's the
front console
now when you take this off make sure you don't break any of the legs or you'll be missing numbers.
you don't want that to happen
so the final part to taking this apart
is having to bring up this
and this
and . . . this
make sure you don't break any of them, and push it up
so once you have those off you just gently
pull this off and look at that
you've got your whole circuit board
make sure this is intact make sure you didn't break any legs in the back
and there you go there
are your LEDs
make sure
that you pay attention to which way the polarity is
it's already there usually marked by they
lower
side on the left
the little dip that's the negative
make sure to watch out for they
air bag light
that one seems to have
that seems to be a different way of soldering
the LED on, it's got two legs on this side and
seems to be on two legs on that side so
just be careful if you change that one
and there you go that's how you take it apart, goodluck
i'll be doing the
center console and
the AC and the Radio
That'll be next. Ok so now im going to show you how to take off the top
part
so you can get to the center
and the radio
so you start from here
see this part?
push down
right where the air comes out
push down and this is the spot where you have to begin, use a flat head
uh...
small flathead should work
and now what you want to do is push up with the flat head
and try to get under
this panel, pull up
voila!
that's how you get it off
all you have to do is pull up
be careful
cause it might hurt if you do it wrong
now that you've got the top part off
you can get this
and pry it off
so, start from up here
pull off
should be careful
cause you don't want to break anything, and voila!
just set that aside
now that you've got this exposed
you have the option of taking out the
radio so let's do that
there are four screws. Now, once you have the screws off you can take out the whole
radio
so let's do that
now that you have the whole radio
you are able to access the screws on the
side here and here
some of the other side, so let's take those off. Now
once you have those four screws on the
sides off
I suggest you put the unit back in
and now you could take up the whole face
of the radio
you just need to pull out
just make sure this is, nice and
safe
and that way you can take off the face, see?
so with that done
you need to take off
about, one. . .
about nine black screws
to access the LEDs that light up this
unit
so let's do that
so once you have all those screws off
you need to flip it to the front
and pull off
the volume
so you just pull it out
comes off, it's two pieces so be careful
now that you have that off
you can just push forward
and off comes the face
now as you can see
my way of adapting
the blue LEDs
is uh...
in the
display is to put over a blue sheet
now
as you could see, you have access to the LEDs
you got LEDs here, here
I think all together, there are twenty-five of them i'm not sure
and you can look in the description to see what size they are and where you can get them on eBay
but my suggestion is when you're doing
them
to be careful
this is . . . this is
a board like any other and you can break it
there are LEDs in here, I don't know if you can see, and
it's hard to reach them, what I did was
I went back here and I de-soldered
this unit
I actually took this off to get to the LEDs in there and re-soldered it. So
that's how you get to your radio
now we can move on too
the A.C. unit
alright
Now we need to start on the A.C. Now i have to warn you, you need to take off this piece
as a whole
first
if you don't you're gonna
break or warp the plastic on the outside
let's start out by taking out
the ash tray
and let's take off this piece right here. All you need to do. Put your fingers under it
pull out
straight-out as far, as much as you can. See? So
now if you do
you'll reveal four screws. You got one here
one here
one here, and one here
you need to take off
those four screws, so let's do that
now that you have those four screws off. You can pull the unit itself out
straight out
now here's the issue with this one
there multiple plugs and cables holding
on to this unit
and you need to disconnect every single one if
you want to be able to take this out
and work on the LEDs on the inside. So
you start with
the emergency lights
take off that cable
move on to, this button
changes the direction of the air so what
you want to do is, you want to make sure this
and this
temperature
isn't all the way it's left you want
the temperature all the way to the right
so you can get some slack, see?
I'm turning it and it's pulling me in
so you want it to have slack
this one on the other hand
it can do whatever it wants
so
with that said I suggest you put it
uh, to the left. So now
what you want to do is, you wanna
pull out that cable
but let's start with the electronics first
so then I can bring the camera in closer so
you can see
so the next one will be in the middle
all you need to do is push down, and pull out
voila! comes out
so now you need to pull this out, and you need to be able to pull it out
and you'll be able to move it
from the unit itself
we have to do it to this one as well
this whole piece just comes up
you gotta be able to disconnect it first
let's try that
see? all you need to do is push up on it
what you can do is
turn the knob
to pull away
and now that
now that you've got that unhooked
it's easier for me to show you on this side
what happens. So
what you want to do is
same thing you did to the other one
push out on it
and then
turn the inside
to pull out
once you have that free
see these tabs? you need to pull these tabs out, while pulling this up
okay so
this is really hard one handed but what you need to do is
stick the flat head right here
push out
and pull up on wire
and then do so
for the other side
push out
pull up on the wire
keep pulling up or
it'll be in vain . . . voila!
pops out
so now you gotta
make sure this stays to the side
you gotta do the same for the other
but because you have everything unplugged
you can easily, flip it
look at that
you gotta make sure to disconnect this
look at that I used my
short flat head to help me with that, and now
you could flip the whole unit
let's see if I
can capture that on video
push down, pull up
push down, pull up
see how easy that is?
no breaks
no pulls
and look at that
you've got your whole unit
alright now that you have the A.C. unit out
you wanna flip it over
and you wanna find
this screw
and this screw
those were the screws I was talking about
when I said do not pry this face off
ok, now that you have those out
you may flip it to the other side. Just to take off the face
you must take off
the middle two
on this side, one. . . two
flip it around
and three
please be careful when doing this
you could easily break them especially
when the plastic gets brittle and old. Voila!
there's the face
set that aside
now your starting to get an idea of what uh... the A.C. cluster really looks like
now, what you want to do is
you want to
do the same for these
but let's start off by taking off the front
all you need to do
is grab hold really tight
pull forward
look at that
comes right off
so do that for the other two
right off
do it gently enough not to break anything
and now you can start seeing on the inside the electronics that I'm trying to get to
so
now we can take off the tabs
so you have the tabs off
look at that, comes right off
but you need to unplug this, just pull it up
and now you can take it off. There's one more piece of electronics you need to unplug
and look at that
you have where the light bulbs sit
which are now LEDs that i've
changed to
and you have access to the electronics
so now that we've gotten to the electronics you can unscrew it by
unscrew it by
taking off these two screws
so let's do that
so once you have those screws off, you simply take off the board
just take care not to damage it
and
as you can see
I took off the
the LEDs from before and I changed them to
blue
and I sort of ran sand paper in front of them, so the light wouldn't be as strong
and I also added an extra resistor
if you could see there
and I added the LED in the middle instead of a little light bulb, incandescent
So this replaced the A.C.
this replaced the
middle
which is for
keeping the air out
and this is for the
defrost
so there you go, that's how you get into your A.C. cluster
before you finish
putting this together
I want to talk about the emergency light switch
Now, if you put an LED in here colored it'll still come out red. That's what happened to me
but uh... that's going to be your choice, if you want to change it to LED. I did, at least now I know
the LED is consistent with the rest of the electronics that I've put in
and it won't burn out as quick so
let me show you how to take that off, there are two tabs, one on this side and on this side.
you push
and you push the unit out
and voila!
comes off
now if you look at the switch
it's got a tab up here, a tab up there that you need to flip up to open up
and here's the bulb, all you need to do is turn and pull out
Now I would take it apart it's just
I've done it so many times and it's not that hard
you just pull this tab up
and pull this tab up, and that's it. So
that's how you take that out
and when your putting it back in, if you put it wrong uh... I mean it's pretty obvious
there's only two ways. You're either going to be able to put it this way
or that way, and guess which way is the right way
when you do all you need to do is
Voila!
now we can move on to, the dimmer
so for the dimmer
you need to go under
now let's see if I can
get some light in here
I don't know if you can see that connector
that's where it is
all you need to do is, push out on it
once you push out on it, it'll pop out by itself
so now that you've got the dimmer out
all you have to do is
get the clip off, all you need to do is push it and pull
let me see if I can do it one handed
there, if I can do it one handed you can do it with two
same thing goes for this one
you've got to take off, you've got to pull up the tab there, and there
and you can get inside, so let's do that
once you pull the tabs off
make sure to pull off the face
you gotta
pull up this so the wheel comes out
and the whole unit comes out
you could see where the original LED was
you can see how I changed it
you gotta make sure to position it right
this
this wont fit if it isn't
see? when I close it
it's directly above it
directly above the picture
that's it
that's it for this how to
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