Hi, i'm just wondering if anyone could give me some advice on running in a new 540 motor.

look around on this forum... there has been plenty of methods mentioned... look back to older past threads on this forum

the optimal run-in is to run the motor of 4 cells for 2 mins then of 2 cells for 4mins. but i heard thats for stock and mod motors. so what i do is connect one of my old half charged 1400 batteries packs to the 540 motor and run it in water for about 2 mins. the clean it out with motor spray and the oil it and it will runn really well.

Hook it up to. 240 Volt for about 1 hour.


It May Work after.........

Jokes.



Just run it in water. Sometimes i put Toothpaste at each end of the motor. so it slowly gose into the bushs when it running.


Cheers

Checkout Bayside web site and download Heavy's RC hand book it has methods in there on motor selection and maintenance.

Are you sure about that?

Yeh! He is sure!

Last 3 club challenges there has been 3 wins using that method. (Actually run-in by murfy)

what he said!!

and stop braging!

shutup murfy...

just backing u up

yea just joking having some fun.

yea with the motor break-in i have also tryed spraying som WD-40 into the water and it does make the motor nice and smooth but it is a bit messy.

yea my trick with the break-in is once you have ran it in water for 2mins spray the inside of the motor with WD-40 the run it in some new water for a futher 20 seconds the spray with motor spray and oil.

not much to remember i know

what type of water? holy water? distilled water?

you can also put the motor in warm water and run in for about 2min, then after oil the bushings at each end. but dont use motor spray![COLOR=red]

Might try the Holy water in the coming TCS as I will be needing all the help I can get. Where can I get one?

www.murphymotors.com.au



Coxy.

I'm a strong believer in Guinness as it lubricates the bushings at the same time. The big plus is you can drink it when you are finished. I like a big head on it!