Originally Posted by Cody227

Last week I ran my B5m and one of the motor wires broke.

Now, after soldering on a new wire, I noticed that my car was rolling with a lot of resistance. After further inspection I found out that it was the motor. When I turn the rotor it feels as if the motor is braking constantly (like when you connect the motor wires to each other).

I suspect that the motor got too hot and burned the coating of the stator wires, leading to a winding short circuit. Could this be the reason or is something else amiss?

I did not try to run the motor on the track for fear of damaging the ESC, but it does still work.