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09-04-2007, 07:47 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Fairfield ME
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|  Mamba Max heat sink fell off...
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09-04-2007, 07:53 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Clarkston, MI
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Get thermal paste at your local computer store, then scrape off the old paste, then spread the new, and after that, just reapply. It's just like a computer proccesor.
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09-04-2007, 08:00 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Fairfield ME
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09-04-2007, 08:05 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Del mar
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Clean the heat sink with denatured alcohol first and dont touch it after. Also if you can clean the chips with denatured alcohol on a q-tip. Try not to get any on anything else though.
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09-04-2007, 10:50 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Sierra Vista
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How'd you manage that? Trying some hard lines trying to get some practice in, or trying hard lines trying to test the drag brake? Thread hi-jack!! We crawling this weekend? I managed to wreck my front diff yesterday trying to lock it up again...it turned out good though, ordered a bunch of new stuff, not sure if it'll be here before the weekend though... |
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09-04-2007, 11:08 PM
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| owner, Holmes Hobbies LLC   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Volt up! Gear down!
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Thermal paste wont work, you need thermal epoxy. Dont get any epoxy on the FET legs either, it could short them. Put silicone on the legs to protect them, or give Castle a ring.
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09-05-2007, 12:11 AM
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| MWRCA'er  Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Machesney Park IL
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Done that before, sent it to castle they fixed it for free. I asked about epoxys they said the epoxy is expensive and hard to find. Pretty much took the esc out of the box installed it in the truck set the truck on the ground Jing Ling ling heat sink fell off. |
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09-07-2007, 11:47 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kentucky
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Same thing just happened to me... GD it! So what is the consensus here? What do I do? EDIT: I barely even touched it. $130 and week later, I still got no esc. Can I zip tie it on there and use it or do I need to send it in? Last edited by Tanis; 09-07-2007 at 07:36 PM. |
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09-07-2007, 12:22 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Torrance, CA.
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If you have a Fry's near by they sell thermal epoxy. http://shop3.outpost.com/product/325...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG More about said product. http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_s...l_adhesive.htm |
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09-07-2007, 12:28 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2006 Location: Arlington, VA
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Man your having about the worst luck with that thing. I'd just send it back if its a free fix, which it ought to be. |
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09-07-2007, 12:39 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Racking my Brain
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The guys on the brushless forums have been dealing with this for a while. Not so much the fact that they fall off but more so that the heatsink does not draw much heat away from the fets b/c it is poorly attached from the factory. A couple of us have been removing them and using Arctic Alumina thermal epoxy from Arctic Silver to reattach them and have had excellent results(lower operating temps). Here is a tread on RcMonster about modifying the MM. http://www.rc-monster.com/tempforum/...ighlight=mamba |
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09-07-2007, 12:55 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kentucky
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Sucks. I got a MOPED while I was waiting on the MM and it didn't work. I get the MM and the damn sink falls off. I don't have a Fry's here in Lex and I don't really have time to send this one to Castle (who knows when I would get it back)... I've got to be on the Green River at the end of the month. I guess the old S.O.B upstairs is telling me I am not supposed to be crawlin' or something.  |
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09-07-2007, 01:00 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kentucky
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I appreciate it man but that's like reading Chinese. Oh well. Edit: Just called my local computer shop and they have the Arctic Alumina Thermal Adhesive that is described in the rc-monster thread. What is the best way to rid the fets off the old crap? Last edited by GreenRiver; 09-07-2007 at 08:09 PM. Reason: can't spell | |
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09-07-2007, 01:17 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Racking my Brain
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Try Radio Shack they sometimes have it. Use denatured alcohol and a Q-tip. if that doesn't work ask the guys at the computer store what they use but the denatured should work.
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09-07-2007, 01:20 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kentucky
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09-10-2007, 05:32 PM
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| owner, Holmes Hobbies LLC Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Volt up! Gear down!
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You should have called Castle about this. You would have already had a new one by now.
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09-11-2007, 11:41 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kentucky
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I doubt that they would have even received the damaged one if I had shipped it off the moment it fell off (which was approximately 45 minutes after I opened the package). How could I possibly have another by now?
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09-11-2007, 11:53 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Denver
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I do know they will back that ESC in the shape that its in. Mess with it and they wont so if you value your $120 or so dollars, send it to CC. I deal with them and they are very cool. Good luck!
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09-11-2007, 12:01 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kentucky
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Thanks everyone! | |
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09-11-2007, 12:22 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Denver
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