ORIGINAL: Mickstix
How are ya ''breaking'' servos? Are the gears literally breaking, or does it twitch, or just stop working completely?? I just had a steering servo go haywire on my 1/10 buggy, (was twitching instead of turning the wheels) and my theory is the servos redcat is using, on the offroad vehicles, might not be able to handle the added strain put on them from bigger tires and a dirty racing environment?? Also, if your going through water, that can cause them to short circuit.. If your breaking gears though, ya might make sure your ball joints and stuff arent too dirty, and just make sure the steering linkage isnt excessivly tight. (Try removing the servo's turnbuckle from the steering, and see how hard it is to steer by hand.) Good luck! </p>
The gears inside are breaking. It doesn't stop working. The both work. I'm not going through any water that I know of. So I need to clean my ball joints and other stuff. I replaced the servo saver/bell crank. I'm not real sure how it goes back together. The drawings that are in the Redcat manual are very hard to see. I may have tightened up those set screws on the ball joints too tight. I had to put some fuel line in the cups to keep the dogbones from falling out. Do yall think that this could be causing my problems? Maybe I made it too stiff up front with the fuel line? I could take it back apart and try it with a little bit less fuel line if yall think that is the cause. I've got a lot on my plate right now. So, I may not be able to get to it right away. I really appreciate all of the help.