going brushless (savage x 4.6)

[scarletboa]

i took the front endbell off the motor and found a few small pieces of magnet on the front of the rotor. i was unable to take the rotor out for some reason. i put the endbell back on and hooked my vxl esc and a 6 cell nimh battery and spun the motor unloaded for about 5 mins. the motor's temp had raised maybe 5 degrees and it ran smoothly so i'm not too worried.