Barricade motors are simply pressure fitted into their flywheel cage.  Use an old finishing nail, or a 16th inch nail punch to pop those motors out by repeatedly tapping against the collar on either side of the motor shaft. I won't lie to you, it takes some finesse, some ingenuity, and some patience. But eventually they will slide out if you tap on them just right. Think of it as a challenge ?

The bigger question is, why do you want to salvage those old Barricade motors ?  In their day they were considered "more powerful" than regular 130 motors. Right or wrong, that might have been the case at one point. But today, there are inexpensive replacement motors like the Honey Badger that put those old Barricade motors to shame.  I'm not kidding, we're talking finger paint versus Picasso - Datsun versus Daytona - or umm, whatever dichotomy you can come up with.

Look, I'm totally onboard with the reduce-recycle-reuse community.  But Barricade motors are passé at this point.  Just throw them out. Invest seven bucks in some good motors. Make your life happy. The landfills ... they can deal with it.

Pew, pew, pew !

Ok thanks for the help and advice.

So I wanted them to use on a diy blaster lol.  I don't go to nerf wars or anything I just wanna have a little fun trying to design something.  I planned on replacing my broken rapidstrike's motors with my barricades cuz they burned out and then just using the pusher and flywheel cage inside my own custom thing (the rapidstrike suffers from some inexperienced modding...haha)

Speaking of souped-up Barricades, is there anything that needs to be done in order to fire Elite darts more tightly? If memory serves correctly, the Barricade was originally designed to fire fat-headed darts such as Taggers and Whistlers...

Yeah replace the flywheels, you'll need to dremel out a tiny bit of the cage for it depending on which set of flywheels you use.  

Just don't wrap the flywheels in electrical tape. 

Well if it's just a matter of replacing flywheels, is there a specific size (diameter and/or width)? Furthermore, I have heard that replacing flywheel cages can be even more beneficial to smooth and quiet rotation, so I would be interested to know whether one can simply plug in an aftermarket cage for Stryfe or Rayven…

There is no specific size that I know of, but I do know stryfe and rapidstrike flywheels work well.  I'm almost certain that a cage for stryfe or rayven would not fit in the barricade.  I think that smoother and more quiet flywheels can be acheived with more balanced flywheels of course, although you can't really control that yourself. 

Duh, forgot about this video.

Based on everything I've read, the Barricade flywheel cage is its own animal. In its stock form, the motor spindle offsets are standard, but the flywheels are slightly smaller in diameter to accommodate larger ammo. However, the mount points are unique to the Barricade.  I can confirm what DAtBolyZ said about trimming the cage to accept contemporary flywheels. It appears to be a common theme in the NIC.

On a side note, there are also 3D replacement cages for the Barricade with higher crush and reduced noise. You can download the STL files here, if anyone's interested.  

Having reread this thread in the light of sobriety, I think I understand what DAtBolyZ is trying to do. I think those Barricade motors will work great in his RapidStrike. They would be perfect for an IMR upgrade, or work fine just by themselves.  Bottom line, trading a working Barricade for a broken RapidStrike ... it's a no brainer.

But tell us more about this DIY blaster you're designing DAtBolyZ.  Inquiring minds want to know ...

So my DIY blaster...

First of all, I'm trying not spend any money because like I said I'm not really a serious nerfer and I don't go to Nerf wars either.  I guess the goal of what I'm doing is just to have some fun using things that I already have to revive my RapidStrike, and also get more practise with my airbrush on the shell.   

My plan is to get all the functional parts together first.  I already have the pusher and flywheels, and I need the magwell and the triggers. 

My magazine release piece was lost from the RapidStrike, so I took the dimensions and I'm going to cut out the pieces for a homemade magwell from a 1/8" piece of acrylic I found leftover from some other project.  The acrylic is great because I can leave the panel that will be facing me clear so I can see if I have a dart left. 

For the handle and triggers I'm going to cut out the handle from the RapidStrike, probably with a dremel (don't have a bandsaw) then drop in some new switches the average way.  

Now for the shell.  I don't really know if i should go for a bullpup or a conventional style or even a mag in the side.  I'll probably try to sketch or make a MS paint collage to design it, then I'll use more acrylic and everything I can get from a broken Maverick and maybe a Sharpfire for detailing.  

That sounds awesome. The guys here love photos, so post a few if you get the chance. Dremel on dude !  Make something spectacular.