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BrianG · 12.21.2009, 02:47 PM

It's probably the H-bridge outputs that are bad. It could be an integrated motor driver IC, or discrete transistors/FETs. If they are discrete, you may be able to bring them back to life. Could be the motor too. But for their cost, I wouldn't bother. Personally, I would take the PCB out, wire the motor directly to some leads (assuming the motor is still good) and bring them out to an external small ESC. May make a neat little micro crawler because they are geared really low.

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BrianG RC-Monster Admin Offline Posts: 14,609 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Des Moines, IA	12.21.2009, 02:47 PM It's probably the H-bridge outputs that are bad. It could be an integrated motor driver IC, or discrete transistors/FETs. If they are discrete, you may be able to bring them back to life. Could be the motor too. But for their cost, I wouldn't bother. Personally, I would take the PCB out, wire the motor directly to some leads (assuming the motor is still good) and bring them out to an external small ESC. May make a neat little micro crawler because they are geared really low.