Castle 1717

[scarletboa]

Originally Posted by suicideneil

Hyperthetical question:

If you knew that Castle would replace your 6mm rotors regardless ( their error/ omission on the original listing ), would more of you be inclinded to have a go at grinding the shafts down from 6mm > 5mm ( all thats required is a vice/lathe & a dremel/file afterall, and it has been done by a few guys already with great success )?

Given the choice/dilemma I'd grind those shafts baby- 4 months is a long time to sit around whining about something you could fix is less than an hour with basic hand tools & little chance of messing it up ( little by little, check with calipers and/ or the pinion until it fits snuggly ).

i am very prone to screwing stuff up when it comes to making my own mods on stuff, especially motors, batteries, electronics, etc.

when i was still trying to use KB motors (6mm shaft) on my attempted BL savage conversion, i ground the shafts down to 5mm myself. all i did was secure the motor with my left hand on a table and the dremel in my right hand. i hooked it up to my esc and my radio system and used throttle trim to get the motor spinning at a fairly low speed. i just kept grinding the shaft as evenly as i could until a standard 5mm pinion fit snugly. this little task is pretty hard to screw up and long as you try to grind evenly and check the size often.