postalservice14

Hey,

I'm new to R/c cars and just bought a Nitro Monster Truck. I love it when it works, but I've had it two weeks and have replaced the steering servo gears twice in it due to stripping. After the first time it stripped I was extremely careful handling it as to not make the wheels turn while the servo was not moving, but when I took it out with the new gears it stripped the new ones in less then 10 minutes of driving. Any reccomendations? Or suggestions as to keep this from happening?

Thanks in advance,

John

Mad Wax

What servo are you using? Plastic or metal gears? Do you have a servo saver kind of device? It's like a piece with spring wire, that allows the servo to move the wheels, but any extreme force will be absorbed by the spring (rather than servo rods just going BANG and there go the gears)

annie_himself

it always happens to me to get mg one(metal gears) i got one for about 40 but my receiver is screwed

postalservice14

I have a Hitec HS-311 servo. Plastic gears, and no servo saver. But the servo saver sounds interesting. Do you have any recomendations on one to get?

I was thinking about getting a MG servo just for steering. Do you think that would eliminate the problem? What do you mean it screwed your receiver?

Thanks for the replies guys,

John

StOcKerRaCer

get a good metal gear servo

rangerfredbob

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what monster truck is it? some have built in servo savers.

the having no servo saver is most likely your problem, a lot of people use one made by kimborgh(sp?) but most any would do. a metal gear servo would help, but if you don't have a servo saver in there you'd break it somehow also

Mad Wax

A Tonegawa SSPS105 Servo should just be enough.

postalservice14

[link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/product_guide/carprofile.cfm?car_id=570]Power Racing Products Katana ST RTR[/link] I now I feel like a real newbie, because it came with a servo saver but I didn't know what it was, so I never put it on. Let me tell you I will now.

I don't know what I would do with 27ft/lbs of torque.

All in all, I think I will see how it does with the servo saver on, and if it keeps stripping gears I'll try a metal gear.

Thanks all for your help!

John