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That’s what I’m leaning towards, what would be a good replacement??
Some listed here to consider:
I have never had a Savox servo fail, and you're the first person I have ever heard say they did. I've been using them for many years.FWIW, I have been burned by SAVOX with too many failures... it would be fine if just their gears stripped but their electronic boards will fail over time. I once asked them to repair a servo that was outside their warranty but they said there was no repair center and they told me to buy a new servo and send in the receipt along with the old servo for free warranty replacement. Then they refuse to honor their promise because I bought the servo from a non-approved vendor (this wasn't disclosed over the phone conversation) ... facepalm ... SAVOX has since lost me as a customer and have found far better quality servos which I've referenced earlier
I have heard nothing but good things about TEKIN and HITEC, but no personal experience with those brands.
I am not the only person who has had problems with SAVOX in my area, there are a handful of other racers who won't touch SAVOX (and many other brands) as well after being disappointed. We race on a large covered 1/8 track with big air and very high grip which tends to push the limits on our servos. At one point I had 6 SAVOX servos for each of the 6 classes I raced simply because they were leading brand in the industry at the time. I continued to race with them after SAVOX burned me, but I would switch to various other brands as each of those 6 servos failed over time. A couple years ago I was in a pinch with failures from AGFrc (more info here) and I was forced to buy a SAVOX SB2290SG because that's all the local hobby shop had in stock at the track and I wanted to continue racing the mains that day. Sure enough that servo failed within a few months, facepalm... I've literally had a 100% fail rate of every single SAVOX servo I've ever bought
Oh I wasn’t disappointed, as I have a a couple of scx24s that I’ve had to replace the servos, batteries and motors on but with the hop ups and weights I was expecting that ha. As for our redcat gen7s, both servo horns have been replaced, all four stock plastic diffs have been replaced with metal ones. This is just part of it with this hobby. My other hobby, competitive archery is the same way, the more you use it, the more wear and tear you put on it and there’s almost always something to tinker with and replace. I’m just not real familiar with what happens when certain parts fail. I bought a hobbystar servo last night and had it back up and going in roughly 30mins. The guys at the shop said the servo is normally the first thing in those to fail. One of them is trying to convince me to change everything up and make a crawler out of it. The biggest problem I’ve seen YouTube channels have with them is loss of bind and it’s a real pain in the ass to get to the receiver. I’m hoping to take it out a really bash in the woods on the trails todayAdMiller86 , your post reminds me of almost every RTR owner and their disappointments with their newly purchased RC(s). The servo is probably the first thing that gets talked about, and the first thing to get replaced. Manufacturers are wheelin' and dealin' with radio/servo/ESC/motor companies to get lowest cost electronics for their RC RTR packages. Keeping a RTR price down to attract people is the number one goal. I believe manufacturers understand there is no point in putting "good stuff" in a RTR RC package... most people would not buy a very well equipped RTR, because they are only looking at price tag.
And then comes the point of what is done to RTRs to best get some type of usable durability from the under whelming electronics that are put in a ready to run package... as you, @AdMiller86, have found out. Yes, it'll steer... when the RC is in motion
I have had very good luck with Ecoboost servos $36 on Amazon...
