Stock steering servo dead

[MikeRC]

I haven´t finished my second tank of gas and the steering servo died. I have using the stock battery and a lipo i had. Must say it died with the lipo.

Any recomendations for a good servo?

Right now my choose is the hitec 5765 or the savox 236.

The aluminium servo arms of dgi or fdi will fit this servos?


Also, i fitted the losi tuned pipe, and is not a direct fit to the motor. The welding gets in the way when trying to tie the nuts and washers, so you have to dremmel or trim it.

 

[atom3624]

Hi Mike.
Really got to make sure the Receiver / Servo can handle the voltage before you use the batteries.
Are you sure its the servo?
Might be the Rx.

Al.

 

[MikeRC]

Veerry sure. I lost steering when driving , smoke coming out of servo. Checked everything else, the lipo, all fine.

I was doing some fast laps on a paved track. I guess it was a lot of work of load and heat for the servo.

 

[MikeRC]

The receiver is a spektrum sp410, can hadle up to 9.6v

The throttle servo is working fine.

I had on big roll and one little wall touch. I guess this loads the servo when the wheels hits groud or wall, making the wheel turn against the servo.

 

[MikeRC]

Another thign i found is that the EPA is important. I adjusted just where the servo doesn't buzz and keeping the travel on the possible not binding range.

But how much travel is ok? The maximum possible?

 

[atom3624]

That was something I was going to mention.
Most go for the maximum before the buzzing starts.

If there is a lot of lock and you're getting grip roll, then you can ease it off when you plan on going fast.

Al.

 

[Marky]

Those servo horns mentioned won't fit the hitec or the savox. They have a different spline. The stock losi 5ive horn will fit a savox as well as the ddm horn which is very common to see. I'd go with the savox servo. My throttle servo went first. Wasn't totally dead but quits working under race conditions with the muffler causing it to overheat. It cools down and starts working again for a short time. As far as EPA goes, adjust it to the point that the spindle just barely touches the control arm. This way, if the wheels try to turn past the end point, the control arm will prevent it from going any further, rather than before contact with the control arm, putting stress on the steer linkage/servo saver/servo.