Servo help please

[Old School]

Have went through 8 servos in 6 weeks racing

Three futaba
Three hitec
Two jr

Losi 8b and 8T

Have checked end points several times, Have adjusted servo saver

a friend sugested putting two o rings under every screw on radio tray
any help please.

Tired of putting out cash on servos

 

[Scrogg]

I know a lot of people with this problem on their 8's. Good servos such as the JR 9100 series last a whole lot longer than the Z590s and Z650s. A fellow racer with the same problem suggested using Mugen servo mounts on the 8 chassis. He says it has cured the problem for him. He did some measuring and found that the servo sits too close to the chassis from the factory, when it flexes it hits the servo. The mugen mounts raise the servo up a bit giving the needed extra clearance. Another friend of mine with a 8-T already tried the O-ring deal with little success. It still eats a servo about once a month. He keeps installing 590s and 270s though.

 

[robmob]

Thread moved to appropriate forum.

 

[johnperdeye]

put some chopped fuelline on the bottom of the tray allowing it to flex when the chasis flexes

 

[Oasis TR]

Had the same problem..I tried a few things, First I used the King Headz radio tray stiffener and then I use the rubber grommets that come with your servos, I had no more problems with the servos. I have changed Truggies but a friend bought my Losi and he has had no servo failures using the stiffener and grommets.

 

[Old School]

Thanks for the info

 

[olds97_lss]

I'm curious as to what fails. Is it the case? The gears strip? Or do they just stop working?

Also, what model # servos have you ran? I know you say JR, Hitec, Futaba, but you don't say which ones. I'm sure that matters. Using the wrong servos for the wrong thing will result in failure somewhere.

 

[Old School]

I'm curious as to what fails. Is it the case? The gears strip? Or do they just stop working?

Also, what model # servos have you ran? I know you say JR, Hitec, Futaba, but you don't say which ones. I'm sure that matters. Using the wrong servos for the wrong thing will result in failure somewhere.

Three futaba s9452
Hitec hs 5245mg in crt .5
2 jr the 590 and 270
Futabas two stripped gears 1 cracked case
jr 1 quit working 1 cracked case
hitec 2 cracked cases, 1 qiut working

Had the same problem..I tried a few things, First I used the King Headz radio tray stiffener and then I use the rubber grommets that come with your servos, I had no more problems with the servos. I have changed Truggies but a friend bought my Losi and he has had no servo failures using the stiffener and grommets.

Thanks for info ordered the stiffner today

 

[olds97_lss]

Three futaba s9452
Hitec hs 5245mg in crt .5
2 jr the 590 and 270
Futabas two stripped gears 1 cracked case
jr 1 quit working 1 cracked case
hitec 2 cracked cases, 1 qiut working

Guess you could have replied with "THEY JUST FRIGGEN BREAK!!!!" and that would have covered it!

Man, talk about a bad run of luck. I've only mostly ruined my servos with water... rarely have I stripped gears, but I guess I've broken the cases before where the tabs hold on. Just not nearly that many in that amount of time. More like that many over a few years of bashing.