Hot Racing BellCrank Fried Servo after 5 min

[themacguru1]

Well did some searching and found several posts about this.
Sent email to hot racing to see if I set it up wrong. There answer was check the forum and your local hobby shop.
Should i just remove it and leave it as lesson learned.
How should i set it up?
What would make it cause a servo to go bad so quick.
Servo was fine before now i have to get a new one.
I'm new to the RC world pretty much.

[BobTeagle]

RTR stock servo? If so it is junk and you need to upgrade.

[crockins]

Was it an rtr? There is a ton of flex in all the rtr plastic parts. The more of that flex that gets removed, the more strain there is on the servo as all that energy that was taken up by flexing plastic gets transferred directly to the servo. The rtr servo is pretty under powered for a truck this size so with all that extra stress I wouldn't expect it to last very long unfortunately. That said, the other possible culprits would likely be binding and end points. Before you put the new servo in just make sure that it feels like the steering moves freely and isn't binding. With the servo disconnected the wheels should turn freely. If not then something might be assembled wrong or damaged. When you put in the new servo check the end points. With the wheel cranked all the way to full lock does it seem like the servo is still straining to turn it further? If so, you need to back off the endpoints so the servo stops turning just a hair before full lock. Finally (although maybe most importantly), get a higher torque servo. Search through the threads here a bit and you'll find some good recommendations.

[themacguru1]

Yep stock RTR servo. I broke my front Diff output so I ordered aluminum tie rods and the bell-crank since i was gonna have it apart. Parts got here was excited to go play installed everything. Put battery's in and 5 turns later no steering.
I think the bell-crank should have disclaimer to buy servo at same time I would of ordered the servo. So now im ordering a servo and whatever other mods i find.

[BobTeagle]

Originally Posted by themacguru1

Yep stock RTR servo. I broke my front Diff output so I ordered aluminum tie rods and the bell-crank since i was gonna have it apart. Parts got here was excited to go play installed everything. Put battery's in and 5 turns later no steering.
I think the bell-crank should have disclaimer to buy servo at same time I would of ordered the servo. So now im ordering a servo and whatever other mods i find.

It is not the bellcranks fault bro. Axial dropped the ball when they put in a servo that wont even turn the front wheels on the 1/10 Yeti. A four cylinder engine wouldn't last long pulling a dump truck...LOL,
You will be so much happier when you get a new servo! Turns way better.

[redsawacs]

Start reading this forum and you will see where others are having issues. That way, you will be well informed what you need to make your YXL experience a good one