Originally Posted by
Davidka
I agree, but I just had a plastic Futaba 1st gear fail after a decade of service. I replaced it and the new one went on the 4th run! What'r the odds... I have a couple of alternate gear options on their way to try. I may see if I can get a servo saver to fit, too. It's a bummer to dnf over a little gear..
BTW Xpress, do you know of a hitec cross reference? I have a 5975HB, with "karbonite" gears that I no longer use, but I would if I could swap to metal gears.
Sometimes stuff happens, that's the nature of this hobby.
The HS-5975HB was a unique servo in that it was a coreless digital with Karbonite gears. We don't really have anything that is cross compatible regarding the gears, which means no metal gear upgrade
Originally Posted by
grabbem88
If they were both bought new under a year ago then they have a warranty
Hitec has maybe asked once for a receipt after that I’m in there system and never asked since.
Spektrum well I called horizon about a weak 6100 I bought off eBay “new” week later I got a 6280 to replace it so there is a silver lining if you ask them.
Full disclaimer, gears are not covered under our
2 year servo warranty as they are a wear and tear component. We may lend a helping hand if we have a good gear hanging around but usually we have to charge the cost of the replacement gears plus labor to install them. Regardless, the wait time to have something looked at is usually around 5-7 business days from the time we receive it and it's 100% up to you if you want us to proceed with the repairs.