servo problems

[kyle12rhett]

i just went to my local hobby shop and bought the traxxas 2080 servo and i got home plugged it all in and my truck started to go wacko and im running the venom fireball micro series in my crawler. im not sure what to do if i should just replace the esc and if i do need to replace my esc what one do i need???? thanks..

[happymachinist]

Did it act erratic before the new servo? I've seen a number if cases where a faulty servo causes funny things to happen with other connected electronics.

I had a bad servo on my new summit straight out of the box and it would go a few feet and shut off. TRAXXAS warranted the servo and all was well and good once it was replaced.

I diagnosed the problem with some help from the trax forum and simply unplugged each servo until the problem went away. I left it unplugged, removed the linkages and ran with just a single 2075 until the replacement arrived.

IF you find the servo is the problem and they have another 2080 at the LHS I'd return it. If not, it took TRAXXAS a week or so to send me a replacement.


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[happymachinist]

After further thinking...that small of an esc might not be able to take that big of a servo...I'm not up to date on the specs of a fireball...sorry for jumping in so hastily.


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