Short wires
 

I was out running last night and some how my servo wire and ESC wire got caught in my spur gear and ripped them in half. Would it be a bad thing to just put a new servo end on them and still run them? they are both about 4-5 inches shorter than stock length.

No problem, those aren't frequency tuned wires as an antenna would be so you can use any length you want.

Not at all. I've been shortening wires and adding new receiver plug for a few years now. Started doing it when I flew planes. You should be good!

Awesome thanks guys!

One of these days servo manufacturers might try to release a product that has a three prong plug on it just like the receiver side and allow you to put cables of varied length into play. Or as would be nice in this case simply replace a damaged cable without much fuss or trouble.

One of these days....

That would be nice! :nod:

I did something similar for a friend, I added a plug to shortened receiver wires from his ESC and Servo so he could move them from vehicle to vehicle. I just made him extension wires of proper length depending on what car he was running.

Yes yes yes please please please. :nod: :lol:

I did something like this also. Put the receiver in a watertight box, with like 4 inch extensions peeking out. Then plug them into the various wires. Makes stripping the truck sooo much easier. I etched what each extension goes too on the plug end, Esc, Bec, Str, Shft. If you're worried about them coming apart, a dab of silicone on the outer plug edge and it's golden. But easy to get back apart.

I shorten my servo wires all the time, I don't need 6" wire on a touring car when the receiver is less the 1" away. Same for the speedo.

The easiest way to shorten the servo wire is to find an extra servo connector, wire and plug. Open the servo and mark down where the negative wire solders on, the other two are obvious. Un-solder the stub that got torn and solder on a new piece of wire with the plug end already on. I find it easier to strip the wires on one end and solder on then to crimp new connectors on. If you dont crimp, you would have to solder a new end on which I think is much more work and looks sloppy then to open the servo and solder the new wire, at the exact length you need directly to the servo.

Good luck!