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08-23-2009, 06:45 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Gaithersburg
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I just got my Losi crawler together today with updated worm gears and CKRC CVD's, but I still have issues. I cant climb anything, the crawler just binds up whenever I start to climb over anything. Its not slipping and the dig is not trying to engage front or back, I ruled these issues out. The motor/esc and diffs get hot after just a few minutes of running. The motor/esc get up to about 130 pretty quick and the rear diff gets to around 115, front to 100. I took the diffs apart again, and the wear line is right down the middle, and it has the proper shims throughout. I don't know what to do from here. I searched through the forum to try and find a similar issue, but I cant find a remedy. Does anyone have any input to help me out? |
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08-23-2009, 07:01 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Calgary
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Check the puins in all of the drive shafts and make sure they are seated properly. They might be hitting the c hubs or the chassis depinding on what drive shaft it is. Did you grease the axles and transmission?
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08-23-2009, 08:09 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Surprise, AZ
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How about a rundown of the electronics... ESC, motor, Pinion, battery. |
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08-23-2009, 08:57 PM
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I checked all the pins and they are seated properly. I greased everything when I replaced the work gears. I also checked over the electronics, and they were all used in different trucks before I put them in the crawler. |
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08-23-2009, 09:04 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Surprise, AZ
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Just because they worked in an Axial or something else doesn't mean they will work in the LCC. It requires a pretty well thought out selection of electronics, and pinion choice... If you want help with an issue, it really helps us if you let us know what you're running... The fact its overheating rapidly tells me you have the wrong motor and pinion combination for the LCC... | |
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08-23-2009, 09:24 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Gaithersburg
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I'm running the novak goat 3s with a 13.5 and 14 tooth pinion along with a maxamps 2100 2s lipo. This seems like a good combo based on what I've seen on this forum.
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08-23-2009, 10:13 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Surprise, AZ
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There is a thread in this subforum about the novak goat and what works and what doesnt... | |
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08-24-2009, 06:06 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Gaithersburg
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I took the diffs apart one more time today, before I was gonna quit and send for a call tag to Losi. All that I can say is thank god I did.  The first time I disassembled the diffs to see if I had bad worms, I took out the extra 2 shims in the front but forgot to in the back. So, I was going through it today, to just slap tons of grease in the diffs as a last resort and I realized there were 4 shims in the rear. I took the 2 extras out and I was soo happy while I was putting it back together because I knew that had to be the issue. I plugged a pack in and I've been crawling all over my house, I'm gonna get this thing outside tomorrow and rip it. JamesJones- The temps arent bad with the 14t but I'm gonna take your advice and go down to a 12t, that will make this crawler as cool as a cucumber. Everyone, thanks for your input. |
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08-24-2009, 06:33 PM
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| Sr. Product Developer  Join Date: May 2005 Location: Fontana
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Let me know how it goes. I sent the call tag to your email address. If all is good I can cancel. Rich |
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