7xl wasted
 

I looked over my truck again and notice that my motor is trashed also. "When it rains it pours." Any luck there is a warr. on the motor?

THAT is the reason for your esc to burn my friend!!!

that is the reason.. it made a near dead short at the wires..

man, that sucks! i fried my 9920 right after i got it, had it warranted for free, got it back and then after 3 runs my lehner xl3100 dies. i know how you feel.

-corey

Well at least I found the problem (I mean Serum did), the bad thing is more $$$. I have to buy a whole new BL setup. My BEC wires got all burnt up also.
So how do I stop this from happening again? With 2 18.5 4200mah lipo's on there I cant have another fire.

get a wanderer, they claim to have better bearings..

the 9920 should work fine, and while your at it, take a 8XL..

the problem finally presents itself, huh! It seems as though the sand has caught up with you, Ryan. It is hell on bearings, and it just happened to destroy the one bearing that was holding your BL system together!
All 7xls from RC-Monster will be the Wanderer version(out of Feigaos, so will replace with wanderers). 8xl is also a good recommendation for your setup, Ryan. Here is another tip - put a drop of opil opn the bearing, then place a piece of scotch tape over it to keep the dirt out. This will keep the bearing in top shape for a long time, even in harsh conditions.

Why 8XL instead of 7XL?

less hot, more runtime and with the lighter lipo, you will get a huge amount of runtime!

Exactly! The 8xl will be in a more efficient rpm range on this cell count and will run cooler, longer. Especially with Lipos!

Oh, this sucks. Never saw a bearing like that on a motor. Reminds me of skateboard wheels, and I had a knuckle bearing like this recently.
The scotch tape trick is a good idea. I always covered my Wanderer/Feigao back bearings right off the bat, and keep them oiled. (less is more, there)

Loosing both, ESC and motor, at the same time hurts. I hope you'll have some better luck with your next setup.

I dought it, now with lipo's and supper runtimes, that leaves more time for problems and crashes. LOL

you need a BL setup first to crash into something Ryan.. (ouch, that was below the belt...)

I have "bl" setup .....bearingless setup

lmao... that is one creative find sherlock..

I am sorry to hear about your loss Ryan. My condolences to you and your truck. :cool:

You have got a nice investment facing at you as well mr maxxima!!

:eek:
Don't tell my wife.

same here. I call it the rc-monster secret.

same here man! good luck with the new setup!

I hate to hear about your loss. I am on my first bl build and that makes it kinda scary.

I sure am glad the wife don't know what i spend in the rc. :D I could always do worse things with my money. I could smoke drink or something. At least with rc I can sell it after I am done. :D
That bearing don't look good. I like a 9xl better than my 7xl. I have both motors. The 9xl has about same power as 7xl with a little slower speed but twice the run time. I need to get a 8xl and try that out to see what I get.

nbcazn, your married?

Ryan. Yes the rc-monster secret. Mike could sure blackmail quite a few of us. :L:

He would'nt do that .....he would risk a boycot. Besides he loves customers like me. Ones that cant drive but love speed so they crash and have to buy replacement parts, and ones that have crappy luck, that there whole bl system dies and have to by all new. LOL ....Oh yeh and he's a nice guy.

Hmmm........something for me to consider if/when I get my next motor.

Here are some pieces of advice to help you, mate: to keep your truck at top performance ALWAYS check every single thing in it befor running. To keep the motor and ESC at optimum condition I strongly recommend the usage of ceramic bearings on the motor. Finally and MOST importantly.......dont let HER know about the costs of this crazy hobby. Hope you best of luck, pal.

captain harlock, can you open the 7XL motor and replace the stock bearings for ceramic ones? How do you fix that? Because I don't see any screws on the motor to open it.

i give the shaft a bit of a tap .. and the rear endbell should pop off .. then slide out rotor ,, be carefull of that rare earth magnet !!! , then replace bearings .. refit .. and make sure u use rc-monster heatsink motor clamp .. too easy .. ohh an tape over the rear bearing ,

Thank you sly118.

What are the dimensions of the bearing?

LOL, that rc-monster secrest sounds familiar.. She is getting to know me too good though... when i sit next to her on the couch ans say a few nice words, i hear something like.. Okay... what did you bought... Nothing sweety.. I just love you...! For what...??? nothing, just plain, uncoloured love... Yeahyeah...

Ryan, i like your low selfesteem on your driving skills.. Is it really that bad??! you need to build a savage like i did, just to do some bashing/handling/fulspeedcorner tests... I made the bigest ugliest rollbar you can imagine.. but it worked!!

no its not that bad, the problem I have is staying of the throttle. Thats when I run into trouble.

The consequences of my missus finding out that my 'Toy cars' are worth more than her real car, are too scary to think about :L:

ryanvm777....I've got that T shirt too.
I trashed a Hacker C50,
Incedently I ran mine on sand, and in the clean up after I even found sand inside the motor, and the bearing was taped up :eek: