Getting servos fixed
 

I recently had my savox throttle servo go out. I have had this servo for a few years (as the receipt states). I contacted Savox to see what their story is about servicing this servo. Their statement was "they only do warranties". Warranties meaning any servo purchased within a year.

What a bummer. My question is how do I go about fixing this. Sorry forgot to mention it is something electronic. The servo is locked to one position.

Are servos now just a dime a dozen? Do you just toss them out like old AAs when they have had their day?

I am still a little stunned that there was no resolution on the phone and here I sit with buying a new servo.

Any thought; on what servo to buy for 1/8th scale nitro throttle and steering servo (for buggy & Truggy)
- something with a service plan. Keep me committed with some support. Or is the RC companies changing their moto to the rest of the world. "Make cheap stuff and lots of it. So when it breaks it's cheap to replace". Not if you are replacing it all the time.
- something that doesn't lead my wife on that I have an addiction. We are talking price
- something durable.

What's everyone using (throttle & steering; be specific)?
How long have you been running it for with no problems?

Sorry about your luck my Savox 1258tg just over a year old fried on me on the track last night with temp at 200* so I just ordered a nice airtronics servo to go with my mt4s radio which wasn't cheap by the way probably double what the Savox cost

Have you opened it up and see if you stripped the gears on the servo? Chances are the teeth is stripped and its binding the rest of the gears in the servo hence the servo is stick in one position.

You can buy replacement gears instead of a new servo, or, if your lucky, do what I did and rotate the broken gear so that the full travel of the servo JUST misses the stripped teeth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkGYHjp4G5s

I'd opt for replacing the gears. For $25, or so, you can have your favorite servo up and running again. Want to switch to another great servo... XP DS1015

If it's jammed when powered off then it's likely to be a stripped gear which you can replace yourself. If it's anything more than that such as a burnt out motor then it's fit for the trash unless you want to save the case/gears for spares to service others of the same type you may have. Most of the reason why Savox only deal with warranty repairs is that it isn't economically viable to repair a servo if it is more than gears or a case which are both user replaceable.

Servo failures suck and I don't personally get much more than a seasons racing out of a pair of servos especially in a heavy nitro buggy but yours has had a good run if it's a couple years old so I'd be just replacing the complete servo.

If you want to stick with Savox whose support in warranty is fine you could try the newer 1271 for a coreless motor unit or the 2270 for a brushless motor version. Brushless should, in theory, last longer than coreless. If you want a change then I'd highly recommend the Sanwa ERS-962 which is a HV capable servo and is also waterproof. Either of the above will do you well.

As in many things in technology the trend nowadays is to make a product which isn't really designed to last forever nor is it very repairable. Look at computers and TV's etc gone are the days of modular units which could be repaired. Now if your tv packs up its time for a new one. Same with RC electronics these days. Even if your servo packed up in warranty and you returned it 99% you'll receive an exchange item back your original servo will probably be thrown out.

Checked the gearing and everything there is fine. It has to be the motor or something with the electrical. I have ordered the 2270. It is enroute as we speak.

If you use a 3 pigtailed power switch, Battery, ESC, and 1 parallel on the battery side. You charge up the battery before you turned off the switch. Giving voltage to the servo,buning the board in servo. It does that especially the steering servo. With the throttle it would chatter. by then you turn it off. Steering servo is really sensitive with it, really fast. end up replacing the servo.

live and learn I did that once, didn't do it again after. Can easily change metel gears and cases, but I don't see board replacement on their website.