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05-15-2011, 10:33 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Knoxville
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|  I'm eating servos and dont know why?!
I've got an scx10 and i ran a traxxas 2075 servo in it for around a year with the stock plastic steering. I upgraded to the metal steering links and my servo lasted about a month b4 it stripped the gears. I swapped in a brand new servo and it lasted about 20 minutes! i thought well that sucks, must have had bad gears in it. I then installed the servo from my race slash that i know had good gears and it only lasted 10 minutes! I knew the solid links would be rougher on parts but what gives? I wasnt driving rough and i wasnt turnin while setting still. I've checked for binding in my steering but it just flops around when the servo is disconnected. Any ideas what else to check?
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05-15-2011, 11:30 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Akron, IN
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I'm assuming you centered the servo before installing the linkage? The only other thing I could see is your end points letting the servo throw too far? Or of course binding but if you know you're not getting into a tight bind I really dont know what else the issue could be? I had the issue on my Losi 8ight nitro buggy that I used the wrong servo arm so it was spinning around the servo horn when on the ground but if you picked it up it was fine...Could this be a possibility? Are you sure you arent using a servo screw thats too long? I'm just throwing these out there b/c I've done it lol.
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05-15-2011, 11:42 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: sittin in the sky
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if your using traxxas plastic geared servos, they strip super easy with real links insted of the plastic noodle that the rtr's come with. get a Hi-tec 645 metals geared servo atleast. I havent had any trouble with the few that i have ran in scx-10s
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05-15-2011, 12:39 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Knoxville
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i think you may be right about the metal gears...just didnt think it would be that bad. Also I never thought about my endpoints...is this normally adjustable through the radio or messing with the servo itself...im using a traxxas 2ch transmitter (grabbed all the gear from a slash 4x4 to put together my scx10) thanks for the help.
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05-15-2011, 12:56 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Akron, IN
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I'm not sure on the Trashas Radios if the end points are adjustable or not. You usually have a couple little dials (not the trim) that you can adjust.
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05-15-2011, 01:36 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Australia
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 Put you plastic links back on and the problem will go away. Just be aware that installing a metal geared servo will probably cause your stock BEC to fail, then you'll need a CC-BEC and then the money pit begins. | |
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05-15-2011, 10:32 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Knoxville
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Been neglecting this thing lately so i might need to sink a little money soon. Thanks again. | |
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05-16-2011, 07:51 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: grand rapid mich.
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05-16-2011, 07:54 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: grand rapid mich.
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05-16-2011, 07:56 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Atlanta, GA
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Did you check your servo horn? Is it stripped? You might need a metal servo horn and metal geared servo so it doesn't happen. I know that was the first thing to fail (servo wise) for me.
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05-16-2011, 03:45 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Fairfield ME
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