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I suspect you have your dual rate set too high and when you turn full left or right you are trying to force the servo to push the steering farther than it can go. It is either that or binding. Servos don’t just melt from the 6v 3a current from the ESC. When you turn full right or full left and hold it, does your servo make any noise?Yes.
Even with d/r not set, will that cause servo to melt and esc to stop steering from working.
truck still moves forward and backwards.
replacement servo does work with the esc.
this has now happened on two different trucks.
Pretty sure the stock esc is 5v.I suspect you have your dual rate set too high and when you turn full left or right you are trying to force the servo to push the steering farther than it can go. It is either that or binding. Servos don’t just melt from the 6v 3a current from the ESC. When you turn full right or full left and hold it, does your servo make any noise?
Take the body off and sit the truck on a smooth flat surface turned on and ready to go. Turn your dual rate down to 50%. Slowly turn full left and the full right Making note of maximum turn angle. Turn your dual rate up a bit and do it again. Repeat until you don’t get any more turn angle and then back down a little. One side will always bind or stop before the other so set it to the tighter side. Your dual rate should be set so that you do not go beyond maximum turn for whichever side hits that limit first.
Head to Banggood.com and order KS-3518 servos. Metal gears, fast and powerful. Also really cheap. I run one in my Amp MT. You won’t melt that, it will break your steering first if you don’t set the dual rate properl.
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