While racin last night my trigger return spring broke. I jeard a pop and then the trigger just flops around. Has anyone ever opened one of these up and repaired the trigger spring before? Just lookin for some insight if so before i send it to horizon. Just dont wanna be out of a radio forever since i race every week.....

Yep, happened to me a couple years ago, i wanted to fix it myself but horizon would not sell me the spring so i could, they wanted me to send it in so they could make money off somthing i could do myself. i posted a ad on here looking for a broken radio and got one for 10 bucks and fixed it, after taking it apart i realized i probably could have found a sprin at the local hardware, what radio do you have?

Its a spektrum dx3r

Same thing happened to my new dx3r 2 weeks after I got it. Remove the case screws (1 or 2 behind a decal). Split the cases and reinstall the spring. I applied a dab of shoo goo on the post so it never appends again. Good ever since.

Yep its simple to open the radio up. Then just find the spring and bend a coil on the broken end into a new hook.

Mine snapped a while back too. Did the same thing and has been good ever since.

Yeah, well I cant believe yours doesn't break more often--"Hammer" I watched your ST race last week-what a hack...lol

Come on man you know my trigger finger is as smooth as silk.

Just happened to my dx3rpro Same thing. Was in the middle of a qualifier then pop and flop lol. I've had three issues with this controller. First I had the dreaded mother board crash then a broken rolling selector now a broken throttle spring. WTF.

If the radio is semi new Horizon will take care of it for you. If not you need to ship it into them and once its there the turn around time is varied by how much stuff is in line for repair. I think right now its 4 or 5 days. If its not under warranty its $30 a hour for labor with a 1/2 hour minimum plus parts.


servicecenter.horizonhobby.com

sorry to bump an old thread but I have the Dx2s and the spring broke. I took it apart but have no clue where the spring goes on one end. I can get pics when I get home but if someone who has done this can help me out I would greatly appreciate it.

Happened to me today. How do you open it up to fix it? Sending it back isn't an option since I need it back by this coming weekend!!! Help guys!!!

just take it apart, my steering spring broke on me a couple weeks ago and I was able to bend a coil on the broke end and hook it, took about 15 minutes tops to fix.

OK I got it last night. I had all the screws out but didn't realize that the screen cover was holding the two halves together. Its all good. Just took a coil from the end and made a new hook.

It is a feature included at no extra charge, it has happened to a couple guys locally.