East StL repair work?

[jesus_man]

I live in SW IL, near Highland and am in need of someone who would be interested in repairing two crawlers for me.

Crawler 1 is an Exceed Maxstone. This has developed the jitters and is nearly uncontrollable. Only work I have performed on this is replaced the steering servo.

2 is a Losi Mini-crawler (I think?). I am trying to remember specifically what is wrong with this one, but I do know that the previous owner converted the gearing to go faster. I was told it has all the stock parts in the box, which is how I would like it returned.

Of course, I'd like guidance if it's more affordable to simply replace them instead, but my son wants an RC crawler for Christmas and I figured money would be better spent fixing what I have. Thanks!

[biev]

Originally Posted by jesus_man

I live in SW IL, near Highland and am in need of someone who would be interested in repairing two crawlers for me.

Crawler 1 is an Exceed Maxstone. This has developed the jitters and is nearly uncontrollable. Only work I have performed on this is replaced the steering servo.

2 is a Losi Mini-crawler (I think?). I am trying to remember specifically what is wrong with this one, but I do know that the previous owner converted the gearing to go faster. I was told it has all the stock parts in the box, which is how I would like it returned.

Of course, I'd like guidance if it's more affordable to simply replace them instead, but my son wants an RC crawler for Christmas and I figured money would be better spent fixing what I have. Thanks!

Check your connections on the exceed maxstone. might have a loose wire or the servo also may be drawing too much power from the internal bec on the esc.

[jesus_man]

Thanks so much for the help! Some new developments as of late. I found out a friend of mine at church is into RC's and has a cousin-in-law who's really good with this stuff. We went to the cousin's house and with some troubleshooting we found the following...

Losi - ESC burnt up. It's rated at 25A, and I was told I need something in the 45A range. Any ideas? The motor is a Leopard Hobby LBA2040 with these specs:

Specifications:

Model: LBA2040 / 12T
Max Current: 20A
Max Voltage: 12.5V
Max Power: 250W
KV: 4800
Resistance: 0.0399
No-Load Current(7.4V): 1.5A
Mounting Hole Depth: 3mm
Length of Extend Shaft: 10mm
Shat Diameter: 2.3mm
Weight: 65g

Exceed - the Solar Steering Servo I put on it a few years ago is backfeeding into the system and causing the problems. When you unplug that servo, the car settles down and awaits your input from the controller. So I am in the market for a new Servo and looking for recommendations there.

I was chatting with a certain Hobby shop last night and either he was chatting with 4 people at once and getting us confused, or we were just not on the same page. Either way, he ended the conversation abruptly so I won't be going there for parts.

I have a direction to get both crawlers running again, just want descent parts to replace with so I can enjoy them again!