Motor maintenance
 

Hi, I could use some help on motor maintenance. By that I mean what should I do on a race day to race bassis with my motors. I am running brushed (stock usually). Not to sound rude or anything I do not want to hear anything about switching to brushless.

Any help or insites are appreciated.

Oil and cut the motor and but new brushes on it if needed.

Between heats at the races it is a good idea to spray out your motor with motor cleaner - let the motor cool somewhat first. Lube the bushings (or bearings if not stock class) with a drop of oil and go race. If you are racing on-road then cleaning so often probably isn't a big deal but definately do it after each heat if racing off-road.

Between racing days I will pull the endbell and clean the comm and brush ends AND SIDES with a Trinity fiberglass bristle comm pen. That little pen works wonders between comm cuts. Every 3 or 4 race days I'll cut the comm and put in new or re-serrated brushes.

You can cut comm and replace brushes more or often depending on how much time you want to spend and how long you want your motor to last. I just race at the club level so I don't get too carried away with it.

Don't forget to take care of the batteries too. :)

Here's some great reading that should help you out. It's excerpts from Big Jims RC Motor Black Book...

http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/showthread.php?t=126994