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I disagree. Eliminate the ESC as the problem first. Horizon has to be spoon fed the exact part that Failed. Or you will end up getting what you don't need. But to each his own. Just because you have steering and no throttle and no Lipo beep confirmation, doesn't necessarily mean the motor is at fault. Sure it could be. Just cant assume.If what you have is the 4x4 mega, then yeah it's probably your motor. Try turning a warranty claim in to horizon hobby for it. I'm not sure if they will take a claim for it being burned out or not, so I'd probably just say that the motor is completely locked up, and that you do have power going to everything else. All 3 times I had electronic trouble, they sent me what I needed with little hassle
Huh, well ok. I'm just saying that from my experience dealing with Horizon. Because they actually sent me a package containing all the electronic parts for my Senton. The guy I talked to over the phone said that my issue was somewhat of an odd occurrence, and would just be easier to send me all the parts that could be malfunctioning.I disagree. Eliminate the ESC as the problem first. Horizon has to be spoon fed the exact part that Failed. Or you will end up getting what you don't need. But to each his own. Just because you have steering and no throttle and no Lipo beep confirmation, doesn't necessarily mean the motor is at fault. Sure it could be. Just cant assume.
What does "the motor is completely locked up" mean? A seized bearing for instance. That would not prevent ESC initialization.
Motors don't lock up. Both esc and motor can possibly be fried, yes...... Usually not.
I am just saying think outside the box to determine the failed component, so when you call Horizon they send you the right parts. They can be generous, but you have to be sure and specific about your part numbers.
You were right on that one.Sounds like motor cooked but like @SrC said, confirm first.
So when I cracked my motor open, all of my bearings were just gone. Since I knew horizon was sending me another motor, I decided to just send it and destroy the motor by using it until it just stopped working. And yes, I did get a new ESC, but I told Horizon that I did not like the blx100 ESC, and asked if it was possible to receive some sort of credit if I bought an ESC outside of their company, and they left it to their manager to decide, and he said he was fine with it. So I got a Castle SW4, and sent them the receipt, and I got the credit towards their products. But yeah, I actually didn't know that you could put a dab of oil lubricant in the motor bearings, thanks for letting me know. And yeah, that's right, I kinda jumped in and went from NewBright and XMods to Arrma, which is a huge difference, and it's just a little learning curve figuring out that even cars that are claimed to be extremely strong, are indeed not invincibleI did indicate a bearing failure possible. The rotor spun out misaligned (non centered) within the motor can due to the bearing(s) failure and it got grinded against the stator. Epic fail. The tolerance between the stator and rotor is so small. I usually spot bad bearing(s) before it gets to rotor stator failure. But sh*t happens like that. I'm glad Horizon stepped up.
Which bearing failed? Pinion side? Lube the new motors bearing with a drop of oil before installing the pinion back. Wipe off excess oil as not to collect much dust there. That's how we learn. By jumping in, sleeves rolled up.
Did you also get a new ESC?
Are you up and running yet?
Oof, that's a big doo doo there man. Thank goodness horizon covered you there. It is kind of interesting that they wanted you to send the failed esc to them, they never told me anything like that.You seem to got this down already.
I am amazed you got credit for the BLX100!!!!! How in gods name did you convince them. You must be a good negotiator. Seriously.
You da man
Usually one bearing fails then the other goes fast. Unless you catch the first one before carnage. Usually the exposed outer bearing where the most heat is. Keep it lubed every so often. These are disposable motors anyway. With $200. motors you try to rebuild and press in new motor bearings when you can.
My BLX185 on my Noto flamed up and torched the whole rig running 6S. I sent a video of the fire with a big list of parts to replace under warranty. They said to ship it back to them at their cost and they replaced over $300. in parts. and sent it back all within 11 days. Including new body and all. It was a real mess. They said they wanted the ESC back to examine. I guess more of a liability issue. But they treated me well.
If this was any other brand it would have been a total loss. SOL for sure. My 2018 Noto. 6S was barely 5 months old when that happened. And it was my first run with a new 6S lipo in it. I installed the lipo drove it literally 100 ft to set my St. trim and it torched. At first I thought it was the Lipo. But it wasn't. I was lucky. Horizon said they would not replace the lipo. I pulled the lipo quick and kicked dirt onto the fire.
Yeah, the servo is a little slow with the built in BEC, I've been doing some looking around at getting an external BEC that would run at a higher voltage. Other than that, the only issue I've had is the fan breaking. I also need to look into getting some sort of net to put around the electronics so that I stop having issues with the fan. But yeah, runs great, it makes this awesome turbine sound when you hair the trigger. So far I'm liking what I've got. The servo I have is the Savox m230 (pretty sure that's the model number) So far I haven't had any issues with it in the past 5 months or so I've had itI noticed that HH will generally help out an Arrma guy. But always ask if the part is on B/O. I ran into that as well. So I always ask. If on B/O I ask for another option. And sometimes their options are not a correct match or appropriate. They are not good at feasible options. They are better with just matching OE part numbers. I am curious about your SW4.
*On another thread yesterday it was said that the BEC of the SW4 is not adequate at 5v 2amps. What servo are you running and how is it working for you?
Because, otherwise, the SW4 appears to be a good ESC on paper, and way better than the stock one.
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