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Servos glitching???? Whats up????

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I got everything almost perfect in my gt now. Engine, rpm stuff, etc. BUT theres 1 problem, when i turn sometimes, everythign freaks out (the servos). I tried switching servos, and recievers, but neither of them work? Could it be my crystals? I'm pretty shure thats what it is, I'm still on my first set of em and I've had them since last june. Do you guys think its time for new ones? its starting to get really annoying cuz its the only reason why I'm iffy to drive. Another thing is, my servos worked perfectly in my buggy, but now they don't. Must be the crystals.
 
My bet is it's the metal to metal contact in your brake linkage. Use either a small coffee stir straw or heat shrink on the linkage were it slides through the eye on the brake arm. That will usually fix a glitch problem with a GT.
 
Could be a bad RX battery pack causing the problem also. Specially if you are using NiCd rx packs and they haven't been cycled since you had it and have only charged it after use. If you are using NiCd's try cycling the pack a few times and then drain the pack to 0 and let it set for a few days. Then slow charge it at 0.1-0.3 amps and see if it still glitches.

I'm using NiMH packs in mine but I haven't cycled them this year and it started glitching on me a few weeks ago. Topped off the pack and didn't have any more problems but I still need to cycle them before I start racing this summer. :hammer:
 
Ya, that could be the problem also. I'm running AA's in there (they caused glitching in my buggy earlier when i was running AA's in it). I would run my hump pack in there but it has the wrong connector. I was thinking about getting a hump pack with the red connecter, but i'd rather get upgrades. Maybe ill just put a deans plug on the on/off switch cuz i converted my pack to deans.
 

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