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    broken receiver wire

    so i was bashing on some huge jumps recently when my vxl-3s came loose and the receiver wire got cut up by the speed control part. how can i fix this or get it fixed? i'm actually in debt to my parents right now, so sending it in to Traxxas isn't an option. any and all suggestions are welcome
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    What wire?your antenna wire from your receiver,or the one's from your esc to your receiver?
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    the one from my esc to the receiver
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    Just take your time,separate the wires from each other,strip the plastic coating,and solider them back together,no worries.
    There's only four of them,or five?four i think I've had to do that kind of stuff all the time.Make sure you use electric tape or something so they don't touch when your done.
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    you have red white and black from the esc to the receiver red whiter and black from the servo to the receiver and off the esc you have red black blue yellow and white those are battery and motor wires was sitting here working on mine just now
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    What the heck did you co to yours skye?
    Quote Originally Posted by seanycool View Post
    the one from my esc to the receiver
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    Quote Originally Posted by billy-bones View Post
    What the heck did you co to yours skye?
    doing the suspension with proline that i ordered last week changed the pinion and spur gears cleaned it all up took it out for its first ride on the suspension and it dont steer now servo took a crap so i ordered a new steel gear servo for it done with PLASTIC. so i have to wait again to test out my truck but its all good i still have my Pede to bash on or the 2.5 revo yes its still a 2.5 runs very well nothing like a better pipe and more air to make it run
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    Sorry to here that.but at least you have an extra.
    Quote Originally Posted by skye View Post
    doing the suspension with proline that i ordered last week changed the pinion and spur gears cleaned it all up took it out for its first ride on the suspension and it dont steer now servo took a crap so i ordered a new steel gear servo for it done with PLASTIC. so i have to wait again to test out my truck but its all good i still have my Pede to bash on or the 2.5 revo yes its still a 2.5 runs very well nothing like a better pipe and more air to make it run
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    Quote Originally Posted by billy-bones View Post
    Sorry to here that.but at least you have an extra.
    its all good its not much different then me taking my real life 4X4 out and trashing on it it can always be fixed this just is a little cheaper
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    i didn't originally think i could or would do it, but i soldered the three wires together last night with my little helping hand. it's
    not the prettiest soldering job ever done, but it works. i just hope they stay in there and working correctly.
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    Quote Originally Posted by seanycool View Post
    i didn't originally think i could or would do it, but i soldered the three wires together last night with my little helping hand. it's
    not the prettiest soldering job ever done, but it works. i just hope they stay in there and working correctly.
    With the size of the wire it should be stronger where you soldered it than anywhere else !!!

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    yeah, the solder part will stay strong, but i'm saying that the little silver wire strands inside might decide to break or pop out if
    i'm not careful
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    I used to love mud din,but drag racing got the best of me.
    wheel en was cheaper.
    Quote Originally Posted by skye View Post
    its all good its not much different then me taking my real life 4X4 out and trashing on it it can always be fixed this just is a little cheaper
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    Quote Originally Posted by billy-bones View Post
    I used to love mud din,but drag racing got the best of me.
    wheel en was cheaper.
    i drag raced before built 2 cars a 69 falcon sports coupe and a 65 fairlane 500 sports coupe never really cost that much but i did make some money at it so i guess it evened its self out this wheelin thing is killing me but its all good nothing like a nice ride in 3 feet of mud
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    Quote Originally Posted by seanycool View Post
    i didn't originally think i could or would do it, but i soldered the three wires together last night with my little helping hand. it's
    not the prettiest soldering job ever done, but it works. i just hope they stay in there and working correctly.
    did you use heat shrink on it also
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    This is my last one,um to old,985 hp to the rear wheels 556cubi point block++++mid 8s[IMG][/IMG] motor only all day long
    Quote Originally Posted by skye View Post
    did you use heat shrink on it also
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    My only 7.36 1/4 mile run in my life,the motor was on it's second season,after watching the video the motor went about 40 foot from the traps,Sold the car a half hour later for 16 grand.
    dropped a lifter in # 7 at 8,760rpm's the crank was balanced at rated for 8,000 max,but i was on a mission from god.[IMG][/IMG]
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    Quote Originally Posted by skye View Post
    did you use heat shrink on it also
    no, how do i do that?
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    Quote Originally Posted by seanycool View Post
    no, how do i do that?
    you need heat shrink tubing a little bigger the wire solder the wires let cool the slide heat shrink over what you soldered and heat with lighter till it seals the joint
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