JeepinDoug
RCC Addict
I saw this thread, Summit R/C Products Servo Cover for 7950 and thought ........nice.
Puller the trigger and got one. I comes in a small ziploc with the four stainless screws.
The piece is very nice. Well machined, no lack of quality, no puckered holes or burrs.
I will say......I hate pulling apart servos. I always drop something and get cr@p all over it, loose it or reassemble it wrong. But I figure this would be simple.
I was right, really straight forward.
Six screws, four bottom and two top (which are reused).
With all the screws removed and the servo sitting on the bench bottom down, I held the splined output down with a screw driver while lifting the top cover.
With the cover off, I removed the bearing and o-ring and placed it in the new Summit cover. I also had to pull one of the pins from the plastic cover to go in the new Summit cover.
I gently reassembled the new cover taking care to align the two pins and the splined output.
The assembly fit perfectly.
I assembled the screws, snugged them down and got the 7950 back in my Sporty.
Works great, no binding and strange noises.
One concern ,curiosity and critic.
My only critic is, I would have liked to reuse the brass bushings that support the two pins. I'm not a fan of steel rubbing aluminum but it would have been a little bit of a struggle for the average Joe to remove the two bushings.
My curiosity is, the mount holes are really large. I'll assume they were for if you wanted to use the rubber servo bushings which doesn't happen in our applications (at least not me). Not a deal breaker though.
My only concern is, if this cover takes a severe hit and dents or bends it will put unnecessary loads on the servo.
Overall I think it's really nice. There's no need for mount support tabs because of the aluminum body.
Yes, it weighs more than the stock cover but I think it's a small price to pay for some good insurance. I didn't weigh the difference cuz I don't have a scale.
Here's a pic of my Sporty with a season new 7950. This thing is hammered.
Here's with the new Summit R/C cover. The rocks will have a much harder time gouging into the servo now.
Good job Rob. "thumbsup"
Puller the trigger and got one. I comes in a small ziploc with the four stainless screws.
The piece is very nice. Well machined, no lack of quality, no puckered holes or burrs.
I will say......I hate pulling apart servos. I always drop something and get cr@p all over it, loose it or reassemble it wrong. But I figure this would be simple.
I was right, really straight forward.
Six screws, four bottom and two top (which are reused).
With all the screws removed and the servo sitting on the bench bottom down, I held the splined output down with a screw driver while lifting the top cover.
With the cover off, I removed the bearing and o-ring and placed it in the new Summit cover. I also had to pull one of the pins from the plastic cover to go in the new Summit cover.
I gently reassembled the new cover taking care to align the two pins and the splined output.
The assembly fit perfectly.
I assembled the screws, snugged them down and got the 7950 back in my Sporty.
Works great, no binding and strange noises.
One concern ,curiosity and critic.
My only critic is, I would have liked to reuse the brass bushings that support the two pins. I'm not a fan of steel rubbing aluminum but it would have been a little bit of a struggle for the average Joe to remove the two bushings.
My curiosity is, the mount holes are really large. I'll assume they were for if you wanted to use the rubber servo bushings which doesn't happen in our applications (at least not me). Not a deal breaker though.
My only concern is, if this cover takes a severe hit and dents or bends it will put unnecessary loads on the servo.
Overall I think it's really nice. There's no need for mount support tabs because of the aluminum body.
Yes, it weighs more than the stock cover but I think it's a small price to pay for some good insurance. I didn't weigh the difference cuz I don't have a scale.
Here's a pic of my Sporty with a season new 7950. This thing is hammered.
Here's with the new Summit R/C cover. The rocks will have a much harder time gouging into the servo now.
Good job Rob. "thumbsup"
