Hitec 5955 ???

[justsayno]

Friend of mine wants to stick the Hitec 5955 in his large scale, 330 ounz torque, any complants with this servo..? He's tired of bustin gears on his 160 ounze hitecs. I currenly run the jr 400 ounz in my front, thinking this one in the rear.. thanks for input..

[nomobux]

I currently run 4 of them. 3 are in 1/8th nitros. Strong and no probs. Pretty fast also.

[dshelowjr]

I'm running one on my comp. rig & the only problem is that it has so much torque it snaps the stock steering knuckle. Once I upgrade to aluminum tha wont be A problem anymore.But it is A great servo.

[PROTOTYPE]

Originally Posted by dshelowjr

I'm running one on my comp. rig & the only problem is that it has so much torque it snaps the stock steering knuckle. Once I upgrade to aluminum tha wont be A problem anymore.But it is A great servo.

Don't forget to check your endpoint adjustments.

[dshelowjr]

Originally Posted by PROTOTYPE

Don't forget to check your endpoint adjustments.

Yea I set those , it only breaks them when the tire is in A bind & I try to turn out.Thanks for the info

[rbl]

i run a 5955 on my axial comp crawler, with the ccBec set at 6v it never seems to let me down..

i also like my 5995 BUT they are dicoed

has anyone ran the 5990??

[Jeepernick]

I burned the front one up on my TXT running XLs(most likely user error or a faulty servo)(sent it to Hi-tec 7+ weeks ago still no word)

I took them both off and order 1/4scale servos

Im running the extra 5955 i had off the rear of the TXT on my 2.2.... turns my Losi Claws very nicely

Is there any thing special I need to do so I dont burn it up? :neutral:

I ran the CCBEC @6v on my TXT btw and now have to CCBEC @6v on my 2.2 for the 5955 and running a 3PM radio... love that servo


If I could go back and do it again I would get JR servos

There is a JR servo for the same price of the 5955 and it put out about 60 more oz

[mysharona]

^^^ yeah, for the price you really cannot beat the jr9100t, 370 oz of torque for the same price as the hitec 5995

[Stormin2u]

Originally Posted by mysharona

^^^ yeah, for the price you really cannot beat the jr9100t, 370 oz of torque for the same price as the hitec 5995

Yup jr 9100t is also great servo and should be looked at. I like the 5955 an depending on where you buy it can be a good value as well and the Hitec support and service repair is great. I also run a Profi 403 Radio which is the predecessor to Nornmando and also serviced by Hitec.

[Jeepernick]

Originally Posted by Stormin2u

Hitec support and service repair is great.

Ya they are just the best

I sent them my 5955 about 7 weeks ago... called 3 times now

they say they are working on processing the repair,... ect

NEVER going to buy another Hi-tec

[Grizzly4x4]

I have a JR Z9000T sitting in my tool box.
That's all it does because I can't find an aluminum servo horn to fit it to save my life. After breaking the stock plastic one, and going through 3 of the universal Ofna ones with the plastic insert, I bought an aluminum horn that was supposed to be for a JR servo and the splines are wrong.

I'll stick with HiTec, I put my 5998TG in my super at Moab 2005 and have been using it in comp supers and comp 2.2's ever since. No problems so far for me with the 5995 and I just bought a 5955.

[Nova's Ark]

Originally Posted by Grizzly4x4

I have a JR Z9000T sitting in my tool box.
That's all it does because I can't find an aluminum servo horn to fit it to save my life. After breaking the stock plastic one, and going through 3 of the universal Ofna ones with the plastic insert, I bought an aluminum horn that was supposed to be for a JR servo and the splines are wrong.

I'll stick with HiTec, I put my 5998TG in my super at Moab 2005 and have been using it in comp supers and comp 2.2's ever since. No problems so far for me with the 5995 and I just bought a 5955.

Have you tried a servo horn for a KO Propo. Many times the JR and KO's are the same. I am not familiar with JR Z9000T but it could be worth a try.

[Nova's Ark]

Originally Posted by Jeepernick

I burned the front one up on my TXT running XLs(most likely user error or a faulty servo)(sent it to Hi-tec 7+ weeks ago still no word)

Is there any thing special I need to do so I dont burn it up? :neutral:

You need to read this thread and put the paste in the servo to help dissipate the heat.

Hitec 5995tg Robot Servo Fix - Help save your robot servo from overheating

[Grizzly4x4]

Originally Posted by Nova's Ark

Have you tried a servo horn for a KO Propo. Many times the JR and KO's are the same. I am not familiar with JR Z9000T but it could be worth a try.

I'll take a look when the LHS has some more horns in stock. That's a good thought. I don't want to order anything since I don't know if it will fit.

When I used the Ofna universal horn though, the insert for JR fit perfectly. The plastic inserts keep stripping out though.

[Jeepernick]

Originally Posted by Nova's Ark

You need to read this thread and put the paste in the servo to help dissipate the heat.

Hitec 5995tg Robot Servo Fix - Help save your robot servo from overheating

oh even more money I have to dump into my $100 servo


how many people have done that and needed to?

I have some Acrtic Silver 5 at home... maybe i will do it for thought of mind

dont really understand how it is doing anything though

[Stormin2u]

Originally Posted by Jeepernick

Ya they are just the best

I sent them my 5955 about 7 weeks ago... called 3 times now

they say they are working on processing the repair,... ect

NEVER going to buy another Hi-tec

That's to bad it's funny how service can very. I haven't had that experiance.

[Jeepernick]

Originally Posted by Stormin2u

That's to bad it's funny how service can very. I haven't had that experiance.

I know and that is what makes me SO mad

I was told to send it in and it would take 2 weeks MAX... well I hate proving people wrong

but oh well as long as I get it back or get my money back(money back )

[Rckcrwlr]

Originally Posted by Jeepernick

oh even more money I have to dump into my $100 servo


how many people have done that and needed to?

I have some Acrtic Silver 5 at home... maybe i will do it for thought of mind

dont really understand how it is doing anything though

Don't put the paste in there...the key to disapatiing the heat is to have the paste between the mosfet and metal. You will melt a hole in the plastic if you do. Also, Hitec does not warrant it if there is paste in there.

I am testing some other options with HiTec...I will let everyone know how they work...

Key is to keep them cool. Use a fan...

[Jeepernick]

well Im am very happy to report...

I ran a battery crawling last night and had no problems with the 5955 on my 2.2, I checked it often to see if it got hot, not once,

I set my end points and crawled it up, with 0 issues and OH man I love the power that servo has... never thought I needed 333oz for just 2.2s



I kind of wondered about the paste and warrenty issues

I didnt really want to have to put it in the servo any ways

I didnt really think it could or would do anything... like I asked about in above post.

I was looking at attaching a large heat sink to the heat sink that is currently on there and adding a fan.... but I didnt have any issuses with heat even remotely last night, so I dont think I need to worry any more

I think I may have had a faulty servo before

[justsayno]

Originally Posted by Grizzly4x4

I have a JR Z9000T sitting in my tool box.
That's all it does because I can't find an aluminum servo horn to fit it to save my life. .

I just bough a jr9000 and he tried to sell me the alum arm to fit, I kept with the heavy Dubro plastic, I use them as servo savers..