frozen servo

[NitroNation]

my servo freezes randomly and i have no idea what it is. esc and motor are fine, all electronics are fine except the servo. when the servo doesn't work anymore the wheels are locked to the servo. There is power getting to the servo because i can't turn the wheels freely like when the servo is off unless i turn off the esc.

any ideas??

 

[X]

Depending on the type of servo, dead spot in the servo motor or potentiometer (what it uses to sense position for centering, etc). Either replace the servo motor, or get a whole new servo.

 

[NitroNation]

i have a pretty good servo....ds8611...i wouldn't want to replace that big boy... it will hurt my pocket.

 

[NitroNation]

i am unable to find anything that shows how to replace a servo motor. The servo also was having difficulty moving the big joe tires that i had at 320oz which had me thinking about buying a new servo.. this is the one I'm considering.

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Savox-SV-127...2925&clkid=2748541599102825481&_qi=RTM2247625




any thoughts?

 

[bifftit]

Lol just bought $335(4) worth of those yesterday.
got mine from Amain.com, though. $30 off a $300 order

right now they have $5 off a $50 order
https://www.amainhobbies.com/discount-coupon-code

 

[NitroNation]

i just bought it off eBay... 89USD with capacitor

 

[bifftit]

hopefully they turn out to be nice servos.
I will be switching to 7.4v soon, but not right now. need to still do more heavy research on it

 

[olds97_lss]

Any idea if it's sealed? Perhaps it got wet. Servos do weird stuff when they get wet.

 

[NitroNation]

i sealed it 2 years back and not a problem ever since. the servo was fully submerged before but that was a year back. i don't think it got wet because I've gotten a servo wet before i have an idea of what happens then. jr american and they advised me to contact horizon hobby. Horizon hobby made me sign a policy agreement and i will send them the servo without receipt and well see what happens. i do not expect them to fix anything unless i pay something not to mention the shipping that i will also pay to send the package to them.