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WL toys 12428 steering servo replacement and ESC recommendation

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Griffdog69

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I have been upgrading this WL 12428 rock crawler my son had. I am at the stage of replacing the steering servo with a 3 wire one vs the OEM 5 wire. I bought a futaba servo but it is too big to fit. I will figure a few other ways to make it fit but my next upgrade will be a receiver and esc. I already have a receiver by flysky and would like a recommendation for a new esc for it. I am keeping the OEM brushed motor in it so I don't need too much. Thank you in advance for any and all advice.

Thanks,

Griffdog69

This is the car I am upgrading
 

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going to need a radio receiver to use a 3 wire servo..can't recommend a servo as i dont know you trucks servo size
after looking at a few replacement servos Id say it is a standard 1/10 scale servo
 
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I have a servo”Servo Motors High Torque” from Amazon. The dimensions are 40x20x38mm/ 1.57x.08x1.5” I need a servo bracket that is universal…otherwise I was going to custom fit a bracket system to put in it. I used a dremel to sand down all the groves and plastic posts that were on the floor of the car. I have a lot of room to operate in, I just want to secure it well. Anyone familar with Injora brackets (see attached photo)

Thank you in advance to all that respond to this! I am grateful for this hobby and the people who have share the passion!! I also tell bad dad jokes; What does a pirate say when he turns 80 years old? Aye Matey! (I’m 80, but said in you best pirate accent) lol

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