T3 Servo Problem

[BrahmaBullSQ]

i keep stripping the gears in my Futaba S3003 servo and i can'ts stop it... i've stripped three out of the four!!! :mad: i think the servo saver is either too tight or too loose. does anyone else have this problem.

[rc10racing]

i had this problem you have to get a servo with metal gears

[rims']

i had the same prob and there is no way to fix it without buying an expensive metal gear servo. just be carefull when you drive. :) ;)

[JonBoy]

metal gears is always best but your servo saver is to tight. When I first got my T3 I took it racing and made it the whole day but the servo went bad. I had it set to tight. They told me it needs to be loosend all the way and I havent broken one since. Yes the metal would be the best but if you dont have the money and you got one 30003 left loosen the saver up and you should be ok if you dont chash to hard. Also I have been loking for a MG servo to. The best one I have found for the price is a Hitec 625MG its $45 at tower and I have seen it for $40 but its garenteed not to break for 2 years. Or the garentee last for 2 years. That servo is the best value.

[Roach Racing]

I just put a digital servo in my T3 and hit a wall it snapped my servo arm off because the servo saver even al the way loose didn't do any saving. So I took it apart and the plastic was kind of stuck together. So I sprayed it out and put some white grease on the two opposing parts and on the pin. it works great now.

Oh and if your going to cough up the money for a metal gear servo get a Hitec GREAT warranty, I think its lifetime on servo gears.

[cck]

I striped 4 plastic servo gears before I switched to metal gear servo. Right now I am using Hitec 5925 digital servo and never break again.

[markd469]

Stop spending money unnecessarily! You don't need an expensive metal gear servo. The "servo-saver" in the T-3 (and B-3) is doesn't save much as it comes from the factory. Take it apart, where the two pieces mate, cover them with the black grease from the stealth. Then reassemble the servo-saver. Leave it quite loose (back off the knurled nut almost to the limit). Otherwise, install a servo-saver (kimbrough style) on the servo shaft. The lack of give in the stock servo saver transmits all the energy from a pipe-incedent directly into the gears.