Granite New Granite Voltage Question

[jshep85]

I have read numerous comments about burning up.bushed motors and it's mentioned to check manual on breaking in the motor. I have read over the manual and I don't see anything in the manual where that is mentioned. Any advice or tips I can get are appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Jerry-rigged]

Lots of youtube vids on breaking in brushed motors. the short version -
Remove motor from car.
Put the motor in a glass of water.
Run motor slowly for an hour or so. yes, in the water.
Remove motor, dry and relube.
Reinstall in RC car.

 

[Yonic]

Holmes hobbies recommends a much simpler way, 5 minutes of 50% throttle with the wheel off the ground.

In another words, Few minutes of low amperage in forward direction to seat the brushes

 

[jshep85]

Thanks for replies

 

[BIGBOI]

use some electronic cleaner(stage one)
take the motor apart and painstakingly clean all the pieces(stage two)
just dunk it in a bucket of water and run it( stage three)
this is not the order , merely the amount of courage it takes to do all of this...

 

[Jerry-rigged]

Holmes hobbies recommends a much simpler way, 5 minutes of 50% throttle with the wheel off the ground.

In another words, Few minutes of low amperage in forward direction to seat the brushes

For sure, this is a good/better/best situation. The Holmes method is good - and good enough for most people running brushed motors these days.

Running in water is "Better" - the water keeps every thing cool, prevents arcing, and washes away the copper/carbon brush dust.

Best involves comm lathes, a motor dyno, and using a second motor to spin the motor being broke-in. But seeing as 27t brushed class racing is no longer a thing, I doubt more than a dozen people in the USA really do this anymore...