peter george

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Have a brand new Novak havock sc and its working only when you give it throttle and push the car by foot. Anyone here work on em? Novak won't warranty it cause it sat in my pit box ( had as a spare) past the warranty and it's a shame to throw away ....... anyone?

peter george

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I just realized that I may have set myself up for speedo shorts jokes but I'm sure when people read it they will know what I need. Thanks

MarkA

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Did you try the simple stuff first? New sensor cable, etc.?

peter george

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yea unfortunately its not that....thanks for looking tho,any helpful suggestions are appreciated.

MarkA

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Novak used to have a trade-in program where you could get a discount on a new ESC by sending in an older dead model, you might want to look into that. Otherwise, ESC repairs are generally only done by the OEM itself.

theblitzkidd

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Yeah I am sure u can call novak and ask em about the return deal, most every other brand does!!

wingracer

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If it needs a push to get going, that's a motor or sensor problem. The only way it would be the esc itself is if it's the socket for the sensor wire. Make sure it's clean and undamaged. You could try hitting the connections for the socket to the board with an iron.

peter george

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Thanks , sounds like I gotta look into the motor also . Thanks to all for taking the time to help out.

Matt Trimmings

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I had a pulse do this as well. Acted like it had a hung brush (for those of you that know what that means). Tried different sensor wires, motors, radios. It just happened randomly one day, was told by another Novak team driver that it was probably one of the sensor phases in the esc. Tried another esc and all is good, the one that failed was under warranty . Hope you get it sorted out.

peter george

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Thank you for the info. Yea I tried the sensor wire and a new motor. It's def the speedo. It sounds more like what you described , I'll try to get it traded in but I really don't want another Novak. Thanks again to all who posted.

theblitzkidd

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Its prob just a burned up fet or sumn lol, I have 2 traxxas escs, a castle and a racers edge esc that are toast lol, and they where never overheated or abused, they just simply wore out!!!

Hoese37

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Trade in the novak and sell it right away, then but either a Tekin or Orion.