NYfan2
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Today I went to my LHS because my new brushless motor (1 week old) was jammed, it turnt out that the bearing near the driveshaft was worn out. They fixed the motor by mounting a new bearing so that’s fine but the guy told me there was a lot of sand in the motor and that caused the damage.
He advised me not to run in sand!
To me it’s strange that a bearing in a new motor wears out in a week, I drove for about 1,5 hours with the motor. So now I’m in doubt what to do because it’s impossible to drive dust free or only in a skate park. I have the motor in a Senton 4x4. Can I do anything to prevent sand in the motor/drive gears or do I have to disassemble it regularly to clean?
Best regards, Marc.
He advised me not to run in sand!
To me it’s strange that a bearing in a new motor wears out in a week, I drove for about 1,5 hours with the motor. So now I’m in doubt what to do because it’s impossible to drive dust free or only in a skate park. I have the motor in a Senton 4x4. Can I do anything to prevent sand in the motor/drive gears or do I have to disassemble it regularly to clean?
Best regards, Marc.