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12-22-2011, 06:22 AM

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lets see a pic of a clean rs soldering job.

The trick is laying the right amount of solder on the speedo & 'tinning' your wires. I hide mine with some heat shrink tubing.

12-22-2011, 06:35 AM

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I keep connectors on my motor wires in case I run stock instead of mod. That makes one less thing I have to do for the swap as I don't have a truck for each class.

Sure thing. It usually helps to get an outside opinion. :-)

Buy this and this so you can shorten those servo lines up.

Equal out your motor wires so they're the same, and shorten the leads off of the ESC.

12-22-2011, 06:36 AM

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The trick is laying the right amount of solder on the speedo & 'tinning' your wires. I hide mine with some heat shrink tubing.

One a Tekin that's not the best idea being the posts double as the heatsink for the ESC

12-22-2011, 07:04 AM

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lets see a pic of a clean rs soldering job.

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The trick is laying the right amount of solder on the speedo & 'tinning' your wires. I hide mine with some heat shrink tubing.

Heat shrink will inhibit the posts ability to act as a Heat sink and isn't recommended, If you trust your Soldering there should be Zero need for any heat shrink.

Pic here ya go

12-22-2011, 07:46 AM

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Heat shrink will inhibit the posts ability to act as a Heat sink and isn't recommended, If you trust your Soldering there should be Zero need for any heat shrink.

Pic here ya go

Nick this is the off road thread. Thats the opposite there. Lol jk. I like a 1/8 of shrink at the ends of my wires. Makes the ends not look so rough. What do you got for indoor up there?

12-22-2011, 08:02 AM

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here are my durangos still working on them but here is the wiring currently
on my dex410r and desc410r.

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12-22-2011, 08:29 AM

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One clean wiring job and one dirty wiring job......

i would prob cry if i had to clean that up. lol.

12-22-2011, 10:02 AM

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Here's my wire job on my Losi Scte, Tekin rx8 and Tekin Pro4 4600kv

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12-22-2011, 05:09 PM

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Nick this is the off road thread. Thats the opposite there. Lol jk. I like a 1/8 of shrink at the ends of my wires. Makes the ends not look so rough. What do you got for indoor up there?

Shiny solder joints shouldn't need to be masked. lol

Boyd used to run the Onroad Program up here but a Few local's have since taken over. Prairie Rc is the Name.

12-22-2011, 05:30 PM

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Shiny solder joints shouldn't need to be masked. lol

Boyd used to run the Onroad Program up here but a Few local's have since taken over. Prairie Rc is the Name.

Oh I never cover the joints. Lol I just cover the transition from wire to wire coating. Looks like a little wrist band. I will be cleaning it up in a day or so and will post pics.

12-22-2011, 07:09 PM

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Decided to do it tonight.

Please excuse the mess at the front. It is a backup servo installed and I need it's wires to be full length. As with the pt.

12-22-2011, 07:26 PM

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Lookin good dano

PS Time for a New tooth brush buddy.

12-22-2011, 07:31 PM

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Lookin good dano

PS Time for a New tooth brush buddy.

Time to steal the GF's brush again.

12-23-2011, 06:12 AM

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You got all that room infront of the battery were the receiver is. A local 22 racer has it up there, it pretty trick. Just slap the receiver on the side of the speedo and the power switch on it.

Abailey21 is right it is lexan. When I had my kinetic in my 22 it was upfront. I was kinda worried about heat from the esc messing up the lipo but that wasn't the case at all. After a 5 min run I am about 88 degrees at the top of the lipo. Remember heat rises and the foam tape and lexan don't do to bad of a job shield the battery from the heat.