major receiver problems

[THE PIPER]

Wow talk about lost! I bought the reverse mod with the mixer and the fail safe and since then my receiver went to crap. I broke the antenna off and I just replaced it with the futaba wire charged my hump pack and I have new batteries in the radio. Now for the problem, when I turn on the radio and receiver the brakes and wheels start to have a seizure. If I stay close it stays calm, if I get 8 feet away It does the seizure thing. I took off the fail safe and thought It was faulty and I still lose a signal. I've only had the truck since Nov last year and I don't think my AM receiver is the problem. Any chance anyone has had the same problem? Sorry for the long rant I don't want to pay 50hr at the LHS Cheers!!:cheers:

 

[oregonmud]

How well did you replace the wire? Did you take the reciever appart and re solder the wire to the board? If not you need to or you will lose signal.

 

[THE PIPER]

How well did you replace the wire? Did you take the reciever appart and re solder the wire to the board? If not you need to or you will lose signal.

Hey buddy, Ya I took the reciever apart and took the old wire and solder off and resolded the new antenna on still no luck.

 

[SDMorris]

Really wierd... I have a stock X 4.6 reciever I could hook you up with for cheap just to see if it solves the problem?

 

[AoD]

It may have got wet. I've seen some receivers do some wild stuff like that after contacting water. I hit a puddle upside down with my RC10 once at a race. I got about a half a lap in and the thing just went nuts. I got really close to it and it settled down, walked about 15 feet away from it it'd go wild. I replaced it, and it was good. I then bought an RPM receiver box, never had a problem after that. 🙂

I hope you figure it out bro. Try re-soldering the wire, or try another wire. Could be a multitude of things.

 

[oregonmud]

Upgrade!!! don't spend money to fix the stock crap if you can afford to get something nicer

 

[THE PIPER]

Upgrade!!! don't spend money to fix the stock crap if you can afford to get something nicer

What kind of upgrade can I get for the reciever? Are we talking spectrum or futaba? Cheers!:cheers:

 

[Dreadnaught]

take your pick. they are both very good and reliable systems. i have the futaba 3pm, and its amazing. ive had it for 3 weeks now, and i still haven't finished messing with the settings. the only feature i don't like is the abs, but i guess it helps with the lifespan of the diffs. who knows.

 

[Pineapple]

Every time I have had weirdness with stock radio it always was the crystals- either too lose internally or bad connections.
They are cheap enough you may want to try those.
Cheers!


Dave

 

[THE PIPER]

Thanks Dave I`m going out today to the LHS my new Axial 32 has a bigair leak at the front bearing. I`m going to buy new crystals. Cheers!!:cheers:

 

[Blazer X]

Thanks Dave I`m going out today to the LHS my new Axial 32 has a bigair leak at the front bearing. I`m going to buy new crystals. Cheers!!:cheers:

Imagine that.....an axial with an air leak !!! Good luck !!

 

[THE PIPER]

Imagine that.....an axial with an air leak !!! Good luck !!

I guess that common Blazer? dang it. My temps are 240 to 250+ just at idle!! Now I'm new to Axial but the front bearing shouldn't leak right? It should be sealer tight? Cheers!!

 

[Whalleyboy]

Yea my buddy and I have both had this problem with the jittery servos. One of the things that causes it is the "Engine Noise" created by random loose metal on metal contact. Check the insulation on your wiring to be sure there is no exposed strands of wire. These will be more prone to cause RX interference on crappy stock AM recievers. The spring on the brake lever rattling around was just enough "Engine Noise" to mess up my friends RX due to a close fray in the wiring. We replaced his spring with a piece of gas line and tightened all the screws. I simply just upgraded to the spectrum DX3 and never worried about it again.

 

[THE PIPER]

Ya I up graded to the DX3R too. what a awsome radio. Cheers!!:cheers:

 

[oregonmud]

Glad to hear it PIPER. You will be very happy with that radio.