let down..

b4rs · #1 17-11-2007

today, i went from huddersfield to my lhs just to buy a new servo for my rc18mt. the standard one is fubarred and isnt much use. so i was guranteed at morely that the hitec micro servo £20 in morely. http://www.active-robots.co.uk/hitec...rvo-p-324.html would replace and fit the crappy team associated one that comes with the truck. but on getting ready to fit it, i realise that there is quite a major size difference and i personally feel it is not going to fit in the slightest. i am going to take it and my truck to someone who has more knowledge than me to see if they can fit it. but personally i feel i have been lied to by 2 of the staff at my lhs and this has put my faith in them quite very low. does anybody know a servo that will replace the standard one in the truck as this one is too wide to basically fit inside the servo bracket?

alex

RogerM · #2 17-11-2007

Great servo ...... I have one in my RC18 Exotek.

There is absolutely no chance of it fiting the standard RC18 servo mounts though.

Apply a little logic and a slice of creativity and then a sprinkly of engineering and it'll be in! Before you fit it make sure you can get a servo horn to fit it for hte standard RC18 steering set-up!!!

I'm running Xray servo saver on mine but then again it's a completly differnet steering system!!!

b4rs · #3 17-11-2007

so i cant fit it without a horn? and will i need to dremel bits out? can u tell me how u got yours in mate

PaulRotheram · #4 17-11-2007

suggest you retract your statement before the shop looses peoples interest. LHS are hard enough to come by as it is. Abit unfair considering you hadn't checked on here how to fit it before jumping to the conclusion of being ripped off.

b4rs · #5 17-11-2007

i can see you point, but no-one said that it wouldnt directly fit in. so they have misled me, and it turns out im gonna need more bits and peices to make it fit than its worth. of which none were told to me by the lads at my lhs. i jus feel i was let down

PaulRotheram · #6 17-11-2007

It's still not a good enough reason to slate them on a public forum, where alot of people come each day. Ideally you're best to contact the shop and explain what you think. For all you know they may offer to help you get it in the car correctly.
Up to you tho dude, look after your LHS.. they seem to know what theyre doing if they are reccomending a servo that even a reliable source like Roger would reccomend, and buy!