9xl died hard

[notnodak]

I got a call and to charge my batts and meet at the spot for some backyard snow bashing. Got there and put 1st pair of packs in the E-Maxx and stuttered right away and then everything just powered off, tried one pack at a time and found a dead lipo. I put in second pair and and ran stuttering for 30 seconds and powered off again. most connections were melted and motor was HOT. Got home and charger confirmed back pack and I hooked up the castlelink to see if mamba was bad. IT"S GOOD. fixed connectors and pulled 9xl to check and sure enough it spins by hand with no resistance. swapped in my 6xl and a 14t pinion to go with the 62t spur and tried it again. All's well now. That 9xl lasted about 2 years and got hot on everyrun. i'll use the 6xl for now but I'm curently looking for a Mamba motor.