broken vxl advice

[suthers]

today i did a VERY big jump of a big hill, basically went at full speed and of a 20 foot drop, landed wrong and eventually it stopped rolling, nothing broke but then after closer inspection i found that the middle wire coming out of the vxl came out, the bit where the banana plug goes into, could i take the case apart and use the iron on it easily or should i wait the WHOLE weekend before i can get it fixed?

[73Rusty]

Send it back to Traxxas.

[picco21]

I would send it back,Thats not an updated VXL.I lost an ESC that had the Bullet Connectors not soldered to the board.Sent it back in and Traxxas took care of it for me at no cost.Traxxas Has Awesome Customer Service,be sure to call them before you send it in.

[suthers]

takes too long, had it apart, wow these are made cheap, can't get to the part the needs soldering. Anyone fixed this themselves before?

[firstrc_rustler]

oopps there goes the warrenty!!!

[suthers]

i'm in the uk, i can't send it to the USA, i think i might see if i can send it back to where i bought it from

[streetdemon]

I resoldered two of them to "update" them from the style you have to having the plugs more easily accessible. It's not hard to do if you have a good soldering iron.

[Rooskibar]

Mind did the same thing after a big hit. Never did get in replaced and there was no way to put it back together myself.

Whole thing ended up in the trash.

[suthers]

how do you get the soldiering into the hole, even after opening it up the circuit board is in the way

[uk slasher]

i managed to damage mine twice like you and traxxas in the uk fixed it both times for free where else can you get that service
i wouldt try it yourself if you start getting lots of heat in there you will make it worse

[suthers]

do you have the details of traxxas uk? their location and phone number? that would be REALLY helpful thanks.

[streetdemon]

By all means, if Traxxas UK will fix it free have them do it, I was only suggesting it for out of warranty service...

[Buche]

do you have the details of traxxas uk? their location and phone number? that would be REALLY helpful thanks.

Traxxas U.K.
P.O. Box 1128
Winterbourne, Bristol
BS36-2SH, England
Phone: 44-117-956-1002
Fax 44-117-956-1121

Customer Support e-mail: support@Traxxas.com

[Joe Dirt]

My Buddy lives in Sweden, and they just took care of his VXL issue- they're very good...