3rd throttle servo burnt out.
08-04-2009, 06:11 PM
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3rd throttle servo burnt out.
I don't understand. My original throttle servo on my 8ight 2.0 worked fine for about a week and a half then it died on me, so I took my old steering servo and put it in there. That lasted 2 times at the track. Now, I went out and bought a brand new servo and it lasted me about 3 days. I have set my throttle servo endpoints correctly every single time. And every servo I replace I double and triple check the EPA. The thing in common with all my problems is that all of the servos were JR...
What am I doing wrong here?! This is so frustrating!
What am I doing wrong here?! This is so frustrating!
08-04-2009, 08:09 PM
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RE: 3rd throttle servo burnt out.
i heard on the 2.0 they stiffened the radio tray but i would still take out the rear tray screw. some of the guys here have done that and had no servo issues yet.
08-04-2009, 11:16 PM
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RE: 3rd throttle servo burnt out.
DO NOT REMOVE the rear screw...this will lead to breaking off the battery compartment on an extreme chassis flex.....there's many of reason's a servo can burn out....EPA's are only part of it......xonikcocker have an experienced Losi guys set-up the next servo....and DO NOT skimp and buy a cheep RTR servo...shell out the 100$ and be DONE with it already....the $$ you spend on Cheap servo's could have bought you a bomb proof Hitec 7955.
they have a lifetime warranty so you cannot go wrong!
08-05-2009, 09:31 AM
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RE: 3rd throttle servo burnt out.
I guess that was my problem. I kept buying cheap servos. I just thought that if I set the EPA correctly then there would be no reason for it to fail. Oh well...
08-05-2009, 08:55 PM
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RE: 3rd throttle servo burnt out.
I recently had an expensive servo fail on me but it got drenched in a pretty good puddle at the track.... guess it was my own fault though, I was practicing before the race the day after a big rainstorm before all the water dried up, the servo lasted almost a year. Spend the money on a good servo and forget it.
08-07-2009, 11:38 AM
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RE: 3rd throttle servo burnt out.
Yep I agree I'm still on my original JR servo in my Losi 8t, not a cheap one either. There are ways and times to save money servo's in race trucks is not a way to save money.
08-07-2009, 04:14 PM
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RE: 3rd throttle servo burnt out.
ORIGINAL: smaxx311
i got futaba 23305s and theyve never failed on meive broke em but they still work...
i got futaba 23305s and theyve never failed on meive broke em but they still work...
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