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Fordy_c

Fordy_c

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So I’ve just taken the Ruckus out and everything was fine then I changed the battery and had no drive what so ever.
Ecs isn’t making a beeping noise but it’s flashing, the front wheels turn fine but have no drive to the rear wheels.
No noise, grinding or anything when I press the throttle just dead.
Any ideas guy, The car was being driven quite easy so no impacts.
Cheers
 
MaX-D said:
Are you sure the battery is charged? I've done that before, put a dead battery in a truck. It will turn the wheels but you will have no throttle.
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I tried 2 mate and I’d just charged them all the night before.
Cheers though
 
Check your throttle trim it may have gotten bumped and isn’t centered, I have that happen every once and a while...since I take care of my transmitters so well. (not)
 
Would a problem with the Esc cause it or would it not be that as the front wheels will still turn?
I’ve check the trim and it’s fine.
 
Fordy_c said:
So I’ve just taken the Ruckus out and everything was fine then I changed the battery and had no drive what so ever.
Ecs isn’t making a beeping noise but it’s flashing, the front wheels turn fine but have no drive to the rear wheels.
No noise, grinding or anything when I press the throttle just dead.
Any ideas guy, The car was being driven quite easy so no impacts.
Cheers
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The esc does not make the noise the motor does. Check the motor by directly hooking the motor leads to a battery. If it doesn't spin replace the motor.
 
MaX-D said:
You may have a dead motor.
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Do you think? I wasn’t pushing it at all and it worked fine, the battery went I had to nip in doors for 20 mins came back out changed the battery and had this issue.
If it was the motor wouldn’t i of had some kind of sign, loss of power, burning smell etc?
 
Fordy_c said:
Do you think? I wasn’t pushing it at all and it worked fine, the battery went I had to nip in doors for 20 mins came back out changed the battery and had this issue.
If it was the motor wouldn’t i of had some kind of sign, loss of power, burning smell etc?
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I was running 12T Titans in one of my trucks, and it just stopped working. No smoke, no smell, no rolling truck. It just died dead in its tracks. That's when I went brushless
 
MaX-D said:
I was running 12T Titans in one of my trucks, and it just stopped working. No smoke, no smell, no rolling truck. It just died dead in its tracks. That's when I went brushless
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So, I thought I’d try the truck again this morning and it worked!!!
Any ideas on causes?
 
Fordy_c said:
So, I thought I’d try the truck again this morning and it worked!!!
Any ideas on causes?
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Update, just taken it out and it’s happened again. It’s definitely not the motor , it’s electrical so it must be the esc as it’s all it can really be I guess.
 
MaX-D said:
Are you going to stay brushed, or go brushless?
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It was the motor, took it to my local shop and I was about to go brushless until he told me I really need to spend £150-£200 on a decent motor and esc which put me off.
Just about to start a new thread about good, reliable brushless motors and esc that don’t break the bank.
Not really sure I wanna spend what I spent on the car to go brushless, I may aswell get a new car.
Thanks for your help mate
 
Fordy_c said:
It was the motor, took it to my local shop and I was about to go brushless until he told me I really need to spend £150-£200 on a decent motor and esc which put me off.
Just about to start a new thread about good, reliable brushless motors and esc that don’t break the bank.
Not really sure I wanna spend what I spent on the car to go brushless, I may aswell get a new car.
Thanks for your help mate
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Go with one of the motors I listed in post #11. They are really good brushed motors.
 
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