burned out my vxl motor?

[Urgeoner]

Hey, I was at a parking lot today just bashing w/my rustler, and on the last jump it landed hard on the rear (motor side) and now the motor won't work. The speed control still sends a signal but the motor does not run at all. I took it apart at home and nothing is broken inside the motor can and the armature is in one whole piece.

When I spin the motor shaft by hand, it spins very freely, unlike my castle motor that has notchy resistance if spun by hand. Is the motor broken somehow?

[Metallover]

Check your solder connections and any broken wires in the motor. Also it doesn't matter if the VXL motor spins freely; it's designed to spin freely.

[MetalMan]

Can you try that ESC with the Traxxas motor, or try the Traxxas motor on a different ESC? Chances are it's the ESC, 'cuz if it were the motor there should at least be 2 phases firing (which would result in horrid cogging).

[Urgeoner]

ok I'll check the connections and try the other motors and esc's thanks

[Unsullied_Spy]

Any updates?

[Urgeoner]

It all works now...btw Unsullied, I was the guy who bought your mamba max esc on ebay a couple months back, never used it yet until the other day when I tested the vxl motor on it. It proved that the problem was with the vxl esc because the motor worked with the mm. So I took the vxl esc apart, and it looked okay, put it back together, then just for the heck of it I put it back in my rustler and to my amazement worked again. So no loss here I am happy to report!

[Unsullied_Spy]

Sounds good! Glad to hear the MM is working out for you.

[Urgeoner]

yep