steering servo

Hi All, I am new to RC cars. I bought a 1:10 AMP 2WD monster truck for my son. At first it worked fine, then the steering went out. I found that the servo case was partially melted. Clearly some type of over heating/short in the servo case. I ordered a replacement servo (S6170 Standard Digital...

Looking for a good metal gear servo for my amp. Just burned the stock one up and want to find a good one

I just recently had to replace the stock steering servo in my Amp MT right at a year....understandable. I bought the Spektrum S6180 that was recommended by Horizon Hobby. The install was fine, but now I notice the servo is making a noise like it is trying to rotate when the truck is just...

Well I was planning on a savox 1256, but my rookie self doesn't wanna deal with a UBEC and all that comes with a Savox on stock ESC. So I am open to suggestions on another servo. Both the Hitec HS 5645mg and the HS 7985mg look promising. The 7985 looks little better, but I'm not sure if that...

Anyone out there have a recommendation for a better steering servo for a ECX Torment 4x4.

Sorry for all the questions on the forum, but here's another: Last time I was at the track, I felt like e steering on my Boost was a little slow. Didn't really cause any problems, but it just "felt" sluggish. I've done some searching on the web, other forums, etc but there are lots of options...