Traxxas Rustler forum

[kjkev]

Pasan,
I'm not sure if you can reuse your connector, the plug snaps into the black casing and might be difficult to remove without destroying it. If not a replacement is only $4-5, and it's fairly easy to solder the wires in place. The traxxas connector comes with instructions, you just need a 40 watt soldering iron, solder, a flathead screwdriver and a blade to trim the insulation off the wire.
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXSDB9&P=ML

[Maxximus50]

Try to push it back in, or cut the wires and solder on a new connector.
I have had this problem when converting packs over to TRX connectors.
That is one prob. I hear alot about the TRX connectors, esp. when you solder on the connectors yourself, you have to be very careful not to use too much solder or else the connector will not "click" into place.

[pasan]

Thanks for the feed back guys. A little more detail on what actually happened; the wires are held by friction in the form of a crimped termination pushed into the connector and held in place tightly from the pressure of the blades at the rear of the connector. What happened was that wire neatly came out and when I shook the connector, the crimp came out. After reading your posts, I stripped the wire another 2mm and re-crimped the wire and pushed into the connector again and so far I've got a tight connection. Are the wires coming from the ESC detachable like the motor connectors or are they soldered to the board? I ask because I don't want to make the leads any shorter than they already are.