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mistercrash · 09.12.2009, 01:14 PM

Yes that Losi buggy is very tempting. Well even if there's no confirmation on the possible shorting of the motor leads, I had to open the ESC to clean the inside and check the fan anyway so I went ahead and shrinked them. I also have a used MMM system as a spare so I wanted to see how difficult it was to open the motor to check the bearings. I had a little trouble getting the end caps off the motor and they got tiny marks on they from the process but I got them off. And yes, one of the bearings needs to be changed. I took the opportunity to change something to the front end cap, I drilled and tapped the mounting holes to 4X0.7 mm threads. Then I drilled the holes of a spare motor mount to 4 mm and counter sunk them to accept M4X10 mm flat head screws. I had that motor come loose on me once but I was lucky as no damage was caused but it could have been worse. M4 screws will hold the motor a lot more securely to the motor mount IMO. I saw someone else do this and I thought I'd give it a try.

I'll ad pics later today.

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mistercrash Guelph, Canada, eh! Offline Posts: 1,083 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Guelph, Ontario, Canada	09.12.2009, 01:14 PM Yes that Losi buggy is very tempting. Well even if there's no confirmation on the possible shorting of the motor leads, I had to open the ESC to clean the inside and check the fan anyway so I went ahead and shrinked them. I also have a used MMM system as a spare so I wanted to see how difficult it was to open the motor to check the bearings. I had a little trouble getting the end caps off the motor and they got tiny marks on they from the process but I got them off. And yes, one of the bearings needs to be changed. I took the opportunity to change something to the front end cap, I drilled and tapped the mounting holes to 4X0.7 mm threads. Then I drilled the holes of a spare motor mount to 4 mm and counter sunk them to accept M4X10 mm flat head screws. I had that motor come loose on me once but I was lucky as no damage was caused but it could have been worse. M4 screws will hold the motor a lot more securely to the motor mount IMO. I saw someone else do this and I thought I'd give it a try. I'll ad pics later today. No brain, no headaches.