mm is being HORRIBLE

[JakeE]

From the video, it looks like the black connector is bad / failing and making intermittent contact. Try resoldering the bullet connectors on both sides of the connection.

[t-maxxracer32]

well will that void the warrantee? i would have done it by now just dont wanna kill my warranty.

[jhautz]

Yes you have a bad connection on that motor connector. The fact that it works perfectly when you hold the connector together prooves it. You can resolder the connections without voiding the waranty. I repalced my connectors with 5.5mm bullets and when I retuned it for waranty I just cut them off and returned it with no connectors and they didnt say anything.

I looks like it is for sure a bad connection. If reslodering it doesnt work, then try replacing the connector all together on both sides. The motor and the controller side. If that doesnt fix it you can always just direct sloder the wires together and then shink wrap the connection as long as you are not moving the system around to different vehicles this is actually the bast way. If you direct solder on connection do them all. Its best to have them all the same.

[pinolelst]

Originally Posted by t-maxxracer32

well will that void the warrantee? i would have done it by now just dont wanna kill my warranty.

No it won't


just use a blade and sslice open the shrink tube on both connectors and peel it back for inspection. If there's a weak spot (and I bet money there is) just cut both connectors off and replace them with new ones.OIf it's obvious the wire is coming loose and that's the problem and not the connector itself you can clean them up and reuse them.

Make sure you re-cover the connectors with shrink tube.You could use tape but it gets messy after a while and can slide off

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by t-maxxracer32

well will that void the warrantee? i would have done it by now just dont wanna kill my warranty.

The manual specifically says that you CAN shorten the wires without voiding anything, so I would assume resoldering will be OK. Basically, as long as you don't mod the internals or push it beyond what it is rated for, it'll be covered. They're just trying to prevent people from doing stupid things and making them pay for it.

[t-maxxracer32]

cool. will do that then. ill probably just end up doing a direct solder then shrink wrapping it. maybe ill go to radio shack and find a connector or something. for right now i just electrical taped the black wires and now it runs good as new!! I LOVE IT!!

[BrianG]

When I need to lengthen motor wires, I used these. I remove the metal insert (use an Xacto to slice down the middle of the plastic case and push the metal part out), tin the insides so about 3/4 of it is filled with solder, insert/solder the wire in there, and then heatshrink the whole thing. It works well and makes a clean inline wiring look with only a slight bump in the heatshrink. You can see what it looks like here - look at curve of the motor wires.

[t-maxxracer32]

o wow that is very clean. im sure i have soe of those around my house!!

thanks!

100% connection problem.

If you want to solve it the best way, ditch the connectors, straight solder each wire. Easy fix. Connectors are always a weak link.

[t-maxxracer32]

yaaa boy! already fixed! did what brian said!!

thanks!

[phildogg]

hey brian thats a good idea for direct soldering.. buggy looks good and clean!!
hey maxx glad you got it fixed bro.
phil

[BrianG]

Thanks Phil. I posted more pics in my buggy thread if you want to see more pics...

Yeah, it's not exactly direct soldering, but it's the next best thing, easy to do, clean, and is relatively easy to undo should the need arise. I've been running the Revo with wires like that with no problems. You just have to make sure the solder connection is good.