Should I clean my brushless?
 

There are screws holding the can together on my novak 6.5. Should a person pull a brushless motor apart and blow the dust out occasionally? I'm a little scared of yanking things apart till I know more about what and why I'm doin it.

i cleaned mine from time to time with no problems

I clean mine every now and again. I feel that brushless motor should be called LOW maintenance and not NO maintenance. Basically when I clean mine it's to get all the dust out, and clean all the bearings. Then I throw it all back together and away I go.

Jay

We have this "How To" on our web site:

How To Clean a Brushless Motor

Thanks :sweat:

x1 :nod:

Notice the statement midway down the page =
"Never use solvents such as motor cleaners or brake cleaners."


It isn't explained, but it is there for a reason. ;)

How often do you maintain your BL motors Lightin'?

As a practice I completely disassemble my cars once a month, or 4 race days, which includes "cleaning" the motors and rebuilding the shocks and tranny. I do a minor maintenance cleaning of the car itself after each race, which includes blowing/dusting it off and washing tires and the body in addition to cleaning the slipper and spur and cleaning and re-oiling the primary axle bearings and motor bearings. :)

Wow thanks everybody for the awesome info! This is why I love RCTECH! :nod:

had 2 specs of dirt in it :lol:

What does that mean??

was saying I cleaned my BL motor and it only had 2 specs of dirt in it :lol: