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bad xmod battery solder joints again?
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 8:20 am
by gnubee
tried moving the battery box forwards on my new evo.
the solder connection to one side of the battery terminals broke off.
just a heads up-maybe mine is the only one that will break there.
but i doubt it.
picture bottom right.
http://bitpimps.lixlink.com/pages/phpGa ... =335&pos=0#
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 10:53 am
by beanoman
Nope, beatchya to it.. Mine broke in that way the first day I had it
. Oh well, Its easy for us to just hit it with a soldering iron, it would suck if it happened to the average joe that cant solder.
beano
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 11:33 am
by pimpsmurf
More anti-evo issues... *shrug* Maybe I should just get a Mini-Z...
More than 2 times the cost, does the mini-z at least come with the different gears? I know AWD might be coming soon from that camp, and you can bet it will be nice...
-JNY
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 10:26 pm
by gnubee
easy to get to- just remove the light grey topcover and 1 screw holding the circuit board in place.
what happpened to mine was-the tab on the negative battery terminal was too high and the solder joint too tall. when the battery box was pushed forward it sheared off the connection.
very easy to see if an xmod has this potential problem - take off front wheels and you can easily see both front battery terminal solder joints and the tab ears- through small holes in each side of the front wall of the tray.
from poking around in there i strongly suggest anyone tuning their car decide what battery tray position they like and leave it there. the wires get bent back and forth when repositioning the battery tray which will fatigue the joints rather quickly. i would advise against any last minute tuning of battery position before a competition or between heats.
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 9:55 am
by pimpsmurf
or use some superflex...
-JNY