esc and motor question
 

I was out crawling the other day for over an hour and towards the end of my run, whenever I would stop and let go of the throttle and the try to go forward or reverse again, I would get no respose. I switched lipos first and no response. Changed batteries in the controller and no response. I then pushed my rig a few inches along the ground, pulled the trigger and off it went and continues to be that way ever since. Sometimes when I stop it works just fine and other times it acts up. Does this sound like my esc or my motor? Its the stock motor in a Axial Honcho and a esc from my Helion Dominus short couse truck. If it's my esc, I have that covered. I am expecting a V16R Moped within the next week, if it's the motor, then I have to do more shopping. Thanks for any and all input.

Sounds like your motor bro, give it a flush out in a bucket of water you'll be amazed how much junk will come out. If its completely gone they are pretty cheap to replace about $15 or so

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Thanks for the info. I'll give it a shot!

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your motor is dying, flushing it in water will just trash the brushes even more. time for a new motor

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Sounds almost like "motor stall" where one winding is toast. If the brush lands on the bad comm segment, the motor won't work. Rotating the motor a little (pushing the rig works) gets the brushes on 2 working segments and all is well.

If this is the case, a new motor or new armature is the fix (unless you can rewind your own motors...).

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Thanks for all the info.

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Could just be a loose connection also... check that.

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Checked all conections and all are good. Since the motor is possibly shot, I put a few drops of denatured alcohol in the motor and a few drops of 3in1 oil, held the truck and ran the motor forward and reverse a few times for a few minutes each and have had no problems since, It should hold me over until my new motor comes.

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This is exactly what my rig did this weekend at Axialfest. It's the motor. Junk in the brushes and a very worn comm. You need a new motor.