Ok, what should i do. they said no need to break it in, all i need to do is sand a flat spot, solder some wires and plug it in? any suggestions. For soldering, so I need flux, cause I dont have any

I would break it in just to be safe. Suggestions for soldering?? Umm fulx, and a 40W iron and some good solder should do it.

I've never need flux on any motor. I just make sure the wire and the tab's are clean. I've always broke in my S-600's and gotten good life out of them. Use the water method. Basiclly run the motor in a glass of water for 30 to 45 mins at slow speed. I normally just turn my throttle trim knob all the way up and let it run. I had well over 300 runs on an S-600 before the brushes wore out.

Would it be okay to attach the motor to two c size batteriesand let it run until its dead? oh, i have a metal sand paper called "emery". ill try to sand a flat spoton the motorlater and i'll report the results

emry is very fine i'd say good luck trying to get a flat spot if you a have a dremel thats the best way to go, these shafts are very hard (thats what she said), emery will barely touch it

the lug

lol...why was there more than one?

I would use the emery to clean the tabs on the motor but you'll need a file or dremel to make the lat spot on the shaft.

yup, i learned that emery wont work, so i used a file. i have a new problem, the spur.pinion make a terrible loud noise when the motor runs, and the pinion popped off once or twice. im thinking that the flat spot i made is way too small. and is it okay if only a part of the pinion is thouching the spur, because the shaft on the s-600 is way shrter than the titans

you'll want as much contact as possible with pinion and spur, as for gear noise are you sure your pinions on properly?

the lug

okay, i filled it more but the pinion came off again, and i believe that the noise i was hearing was the messed up mesh between the pinion and the spur, and now that pinion stripped my spur. i think the problem is that the traxxas pinions are too god damn big to fit on the s-600's shaft, because at any time, i only get about half the pinion to connect. suggestions? file more?

Just so you know, don't expect that S-600 to last very long. They are known for pretty good power but run hot and have a short life. I had a pair of them in my E-Maxx, they ran very very hot and only lasted 2 runs before the brushes actually came off the brush-springs and fell out of the motor.


EDIT: I actually did a water break-in method with mine, and submerged it in light silicone oil after break-in (spray type silicone oil, very light) to displace any water and lubricate it.

what voltage, you know it is rated at 8.4v

The S-600 is only rated to 8.4V but i've run them at 11.1V for with very good success. The S-600 is a very good cheap alternate motor to run in Pede's, rusty's and Slash's but it's not a good choice for the E-Maxx. Combine the weight of the Maxx together with the 14+V and it's no surprise that the motors died.

I've owned several S-600's and run them in various different cars and trucks. In the 3+ years i've been running them I have only had one fail and that motor had well over 300 runs on it and the brushes simply worn away. I'm not 100% sure about silicone based oil but I know that normal oil (WD40) is a bad thing when it comes to motors. This also could have contributed to the motors failure.

BLAZING ANGEL - You'll be happy with the S-600 as long as you don;t mind running a little extra voltage. You'll find that the perform OK on 7.2V but really wake up when run with 8.4 and 9.6V. Don't worry about running 9.6V on them. You won't hurt it as long as you don't over heat it.