fixing Servos

by EZ Air | August 31, 2013 | (5) Posted in Tips

 

This servo on my Cessna 182 i just replaced for the rudder and after a hard landing the top gear was stripped so i wanted to fix it while i wait for my parts from HK so what i did was...

i filed this little stopper thing until it was flush with the gear,

 

then i took a thumb tack and removed the plastic and heated it up with a lighter and but it on the flat part where the stripped part was but...

i didn't need to put the thumb tack there i just had to put the gear in the oppsite way so the stripped part is as far from the drive gear and then you're good to go until your part come in

 

 

HAPPY FLYING! 

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COMMENTS

andy_spoo on September 6, 2013
I had a faulty servo of the same type as yours, from new. I just pulled it a part, cleaned it a little and re-assembled. It looked like a tiny fragment of plastic was jamming a gear. Obviously a manufacturing fault. They're pretty easy to take apart, luckily.
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c.sitas on September 5, 2013
That's using your head on the servo. I fly in bean field just like yours. It takes some of the impact out of a bad landing. Too bad they'll be harvesting soon. Have fun
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EZ Air on September 6, 2013
yeah our beans are just turning color and i'm probably doing to be investing in some servos with metal gears
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c.sitas on September 7, 2013
Even with the beans gone there will be some cushion yet.Instead of the metal gears ---polish your thumbs some more,ha ha . I can talk smart huh? No matter what ,this still beats working , I'm 72 and building foam like it's going out of style. Have fun
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EZ Air on September 8, 2013
haha i'm 16 and i'm building foam planes aswell and with those i don't mind if they crash and break

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danield on September 10, 2013
Metal gears just mean you break something else.

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rcspaceflight on September 17, 2013
Great, free, fix. However, I think the step where you added a new stopper isn't necessary. That's only really there to stop someone from turning it by hand and breaking the potentiometer. If you know to be careful with it, you don't need it.

But I do love this idea and next time I strip a servo gear I'm going to do this.
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EZ Air on October 3, 2013
yeah i saw that the new stopper wasn't necessary when i was putting it back together
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