studawg
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- Arrma RC's
- Senton 3s
I bought my Senton around 2 months ago, it gets used several times per week mostly at home in my driveway or on my lawn. Yesterday the motor seized up, it's difficult to turn the motor shaft even with a pair of pliers. I'm not even sure if I want to warranty the motor because what am I going to do with another crappy Spektrum motor.
I actually planned for this scenario, I have a spare motor that will plug right in, sounds smart right? Nope! Arrma pinions don't fit on the other motor shaft. I have 3 Arrma pinions, none of them fit easily on the other motor shaft. I have an Arrma pinion that doesn't even fit on the Spektrum motor... My best guess regarding the pinions is that the manufacturing tolerances are really bad. I can either try to somehow file down the pinion to make the hole bigger or I can blunt force the pinion on the motor shaft which would surely damage the motor shaft and make removing the pinion extremely difficult / impossible.
I really like the truck, it's a ton of fun and it's really durable but losing a motor this way is unacceptable. It's also unacceptable to have 3 completely useless pinions.
I actually planned for this scenario, I have a spare motor that will plug right in, sounds smart right? Nope! Arrma pinions don't fit on the other motor shaft. I have 3 Arrma pinions, none of them fit easily on the other motor shaft. I have an Arrma pinion that doesn't even fit on the Spektrum motor... My best guess regarding the pinions is that the manufacturing tolerances are really bad. I can either try to somehow file down the pinion to make the hole bigger or I can blunt force the pinion on the motor shaft which would surely damage the motor shaft and make removing the pinion extremely difficult / impossible.
I really like the truck, it's a ton of fun and it's really durable but losing a motor this way is unacceptable. It's also unacceptable to have 3 completely useless pinions.