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Well, I’ll be up and running in a few hours. I tore the truck down and cleaned everything. I had to scrape melted plastic off the front center dog bone, lol. All the tar came right off the aluminum parts, but I think the smell is going to be there a while. I am going to see if the hobby shop will warranty the Savox SW1210SG servo that I bought 2 weeks ago. I’ll be upfront with him and tell him what happened. He’s a real good guy so I think he will throw me a replacement. I tested my spare BLX185 along with the motor and everything runs perfectly. One thing I did notice is that the center differential was super tight....even locking up occasionally. I took it apart and pulled one of the sun gear shims out and now it is smooth. The shim was noticeably concave in the center.
All in all it turned out far better than it I thought. From day 1 the truck would hesitate (COG) when I would go full throttle from a standstill (i.e. standing backflip). I thought it was a diff skipping gears and I even replaced both the front and the rear. I now believe it was the esc all along. I guess I’ll know for sure when I test it out in a few hours.
The last thing I want to comment on is the Arrma warranty process. I understand that they need a way to determine the warranty start date and since I purchased the truck from a private seller they have no way of knowing when it was originally purchased. But my truck has only been out for 4 months or so. Clearly it is still within the warranty period. I’m a little miffed that they wouldn’t warranty a fried esc. I would like to see their trucks serialized. Then there should be a way to register the truck and start the warranty period. There should also be a way to transfer ownership. What do people do when they need warranty on a truck they received as a gift, where there is no purchase receipt? Are they SOL? And what really gets me is that when I claimed warranty on my Kraton, I just sent in a copy of the charge from my Amex statement, which they accepted. I could have told them this esc was from that truck and done the same thing, but I was honest. The whole process seems half-assed. Anyway, it is what it is. Thankfully I had the spare esc from my Typhon ?
All in all it turned out far better than it I thought. From day 1 the truck would hesitate (COG) when I would go full throttle from a standstill (i.e. standing backflip). I thought it was a diff skipping gears and I even replaced both the front and the rear. I now believe it was the esc all along. I guess I’ll know for sure when I test it out in a few hours.
The last thing I want to comment on is the Arrma warranty process. I understand that they need a way to determine the warranty start date and since I purchased the truck from a private seller they have no way of knowing when it was originally purchased. But my truck has only been out for 4 months or so. Clearly it is still within the warranty period. I’m a little miffed that they wouldn’t warranty a fried esc. I would like to see their trucks serialized. Then there should be a way to register the truck and start the warranty period. There should also be a way to transfer ownership. What do people do when they need warranty on a truck they received as a gift, where there is no purchase receipt? Are they SOL? And what really gets me is that when I claimed warranty on my Kraton, I just sent in a copy of the charge from my Amex statement, which they accepted. I could have told them this esc was from that truck and done the same thing, but I was honest. The whole process seems half-assed. Anyway, it is what it is. Thankfully I had the spare esc from my Typhon ?
