New Bright Snake Bite Monster truck repair

[mroman59]

Hello i have a New Bright Snake Bite Monster Truck and I am looking for some information about how to repair it. The company does not sell replacement parts. All four wheels stopped turning. First the two driver side (front and back) at the same time and then the two passenger side (front and back) at same time. I checked each motor separately after disconnecting them from the circuit board. All four motors worked during test. Then I checked the voltage to the connections as I moved the controller arms (circuit board turned on). I was able to get above 13 volts at each connection with wires off. I cleaned the terminals with electric cleaner, even though the terminals looked good. As I started connecting each wire back to the circuit board one at a time, I notice that I could not get the wheels moving again. It appears that once you add a load back on to it it shuts off the current. There are four connections , one for each tire. Does anyone know what may be going on and how to fix it? Thanks

 

[DavidB1126]

Do the each motors have gears to spin the tires? If so check the gears and the mesh in-between both gears. If its driven by an axle, check the axle. Other than that I can't think of any other reason. For those kind of cars, once its broke, its broke forever, sadly.

How are the wheels hooked on? Is it buy a wheel nut, or is it maybe glued to the gear and/or axle?

 

[Greywolf74]

Hello i have a New Bright Snake Bite Monster Truck and I am looking for some information about how to repair it. The company does not sell replacement parts. All four wheels stopped turning. First the two driver side (front and back) at the same time and then the two passenger side (front and back) at same time. I checked each motor separately after disconnecting them from the circuit board. All four motors worked during test. Then I checked the voltage to the connections as I moved the controller arms (circuit board turned on). I was able to get above 13 volts at each connection with wires off. I cleaned the terminals with electric cleaner, even though the terminals looked good. As I started connecting each wire back to the circuit board one at a time, I notice that I could not get the wheels moving again. It appears that once you add a load back on to it it shuts off the current. There are four connections , one for each tire. Does anyone know what may be going on and how to fix it? Thanks

I hate to be negative, but it's unlikely you'll be able to get this going again. New Bright RCs are toy grade RCs and not built the same way hobby grade RCs are built. Even if you find someone that happens to know about New Bright RCs in here, you won't be able to get replacement parts to fix it, as you're well aware. I hope someone in here can help you and I wish you the best in getting it running again.

 

[Cowboy Yert]

I'd keep the body off of it to retro fit it onto something else. Toss the rest.

 

[mroman59]

Hello i have a New Bright Snake Bite Monster Truck and I am looking for some information about how to repair it. The company does not sell replacement parts. All four wheels stopped turning. First the two driver side (front and back) at the same time and then the two passenger side (front and back) at same time. I checked each motor separately after disconnecting them from the circuit board. All four motors worked during test. Then I checked the voltage to the connections as I moved the controller arms (circuit board turned on). I was able to get above 13 volts at each connection with wires off. I cleaned the terminals with electric cleaner, even though the terminals looked good. As I started connecting each wire back to the circuit board one at a time, I notice that I could not get the wheels moving again. It appears that once you add a load back on to it it shuts off the current. There are four connections , one for each tire. Does anyone know what may be going on and how to fix it? Thanks

I'd keep the body off of it to retro fit it onto something else. Toss the rest.

I was wondering if a retro fit solution is possible. Do you have any website suggestions for parts that would be good or do you suggest taking parts out of another RC vehicle?

 

[Cowboy Yert]

I was wondering if a retro fit solution is possible. Do you have any website suggestions for parts that would be good or do you suggest taking parts out of another RC vehicle?

I suggest buying another RC like a used Traxxas Stampede or Arrma Gorgon and mounting that Snake Bite body onto it.

 

[tntpoof]

this is what a 1/14 scale model.so the suggested 1/10 scale rc wont work with these model.Id suggest investing another 30$ and buy another new brite.

 

[DavidB1126]

Id suggest investing another 30$ and buy another new brite.

Or spending around 200 bucks (300 bucks for battery charger n tools) for an actual starter hobby grade one that will be
1) Faster
2) Durable
3) Reliable
4) Replacement parts if you break
5) Service-able everything and electronics
6) Can last for years and years of fun, while a cheapo Walmart / Target / Amazon one is fun for about 10 or so minutes before it is boring

Id start out with either a
Traxxas 2wd platform
Traxxas 4x4 platform
Arrma 4x4 platform (1/10)
Arrma Gorgon
Losi Mini's
Associated SC10 (MT10, Reflex 14 and others)
And thats just for 1/10 and mini offroad bashers. So many different areas of RC. There is onroad, Mini / Micro, Mini Z, Boats heli plane drone crawlers drag

 

[Ramp addict]

If you like monster trucks I would recommend a 2WD Traxxas for a bit more than $200. It will come with everything you need to get started. Every part on the truck is replaceable and every RC hobby shop stocks them.

 

[mroman59]

Do the each motors have gears to spin the tires? If so check the gears and the mesh in-between both gears. If its driven by an axle, check the axle. Other than that I can't think of any other reason. For those kind of cars, once its broke, its broke forever, sadly.

How are the wheels hooked on? Is it buy a wheel nut, or is it maybe glued to the gear and/or axle?

Each motor has a set of gears which turn the wheel. The wheel is hooked on by a screw into an axle with a gear, the gear is turned by a set of gears that are turned by a smaller gear attached to the motor.

 

[monstertruckfan]

I have a grave digger which is setup exactly like your snake bite. From what i can figure out you would need a esc that can control 4 motors which are near impossible to find. Problem with new bright is they run priority boards making tough to fix when go bad. I would see if you could find a donor truck missing controller and swap parts. I am not familiar with the 2.4ghz stuff as i am old school rc guy. I would think if you had one side hooked to throttle and other to steering on a modern esc you might get it to work?

 

[WickedFog]

The best thing to do with broken New Bright RC's is salvage the body and save it to use on a hobby grade RC chassis. I just wouldn't mod or repair one personally. I have bought them for Breydon when he was 3 years old, and there just isn't much you could do to improve them without doing more work than it's worth.

 

[Panko75]

Your electronics are probably done. I'd just buy another New Bright and call it a day. "Toy-grades" generally aren't designed to be repaired. I've tried that with a few Nikkos and never had any luck, other than fitting a HW1060 to a Big Bubba.

If you decide to go the hobby grade route I'd suggest a Gorgon. The Stampede is an ancient design that drives terribly if you throw any modern power into it.

 

[heyitsrobin]

Hello i have a New Bright Snake Bite Monster Truck and I am looking for some information about how to repair it. The company does not sell replacement parts. All four wheels stopped turning. First the two driver side (front and back) at the same time and then the two passenger side (front and back) at same time. I checked each motor separately after disconnecting them from the circuit board. All four motors worked during test. Then I checked the voltage to the connections as I moved the controller arms (circuit board turned on). I was able to get above 13 volts at each connection with wires off. I cleaned the terminals with electric cleaner, even though the terminals looked good. As I started connecting each wire back to the circuit board one at a time, I notice that I could not get the wheels moving again. It appears that once you add a load back on to it it shuts off the current. There are four connections , one for each tire. Does anyone know what may be going on and how to fix it? Thanks

You wouldn’t still happen to have the remote to this truck would you.. I’m assuming you didn’t get it fixed. Jlmk.. thanks