Hitec servo's keep breaking!
 

Hey Hitec.

Aughh! I'm tired of sending servos out to you for repair!

Your servos are excellent, when they work.

I had the 5645, 5625, 5945, 5925, and 5955.

I have sent in every one in except the 5955.

And none of the gears broke, its always something electrical.

The 25's were used as steering on 1/8 buggy, and the 45's were used as throttle/brake servos.

The 5955 was used on my revo and worked great

Am I doing something wrong with them that they break so much? Help!

One thing for sure in my humble opinion. 25's are not meant to be abused like steering applications. But 45's are best for that. and 25's for throttle. ..

hey guys i have alot of years of hitec servo use in 1/8th offroad , 1/10th offroad and in my experiences a 5925 does not belong in 1/8th buggies , monster trucks or larger vehicles in general :p . and the throttle servo which needs a minimum of 150 in. / oz of torque overheats the 5925 and will melt the fets :cry: so in closing the best thing to do is buy the right servo for your application :nod: , hitec has really stepped up their line of servoes and have designed some great servoes lately 5996 , 5997 , 5998 , 5955, 5995 are all great and will handle some abuse :nod:
later guys , Monty
and the warranty is great , one of the best on the market :nod: :nod:

5945....................
 

Dear Hitec,

Firstly i know u replied to me that u would use the 5945 for steering. I use it for t/b,,, Well i dont know what happened but my brandnew 5945 servo just died on me on the very first day using it after 2 tanks.,, motor's dead for sure so the car did a runaway.,, Can't this servo really cant be use in the t/b ??..,i aint mad :D .. just wondering y a brandnew servo would screw up on the 1st time.,, :weird:

hey sandrixx did the bottom of the servo get burnt and melt the plastic ?? if it didnt it is probably a problem with your electronics . :nod: check your linkage for your throttle and make sure it is not bound up and dont forget to put some kind of throttle return device :nod: :nod: :nod:
very important

ey bro!,, nice of u to reply ahead of the pack.., no burnin nor meltin' here man., its just it wouldnt turn nor twitch anymore.., many thanx!

hey sandrixx you might have one of the servos that the programming has failed and shutdown :confused: if thats the case then you just need to send it back attn: Mike Mayberry and explain the situation and he should take good care of you :nod:
later, HOUSTON

Okioki!!,,., hmmmn, il try to get help sending it to Mr. Mayberry coz im here in Jakarta Indo.,.,maybe the local distri can be of much help. thanx again man!!!