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    • April 19, 2004 at 11:13 pm #10685
      peteWah
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      I had a gear go in my steering servo on my TL01 tamiya can i get replacment gears for a Sanwa 102 or should i just buy a whole new servo and what is a good price and location other than ebay or wings & things in gladesville who quoted me $25 for a hitech im not sure…let me know prices & options
      As jar jar binks would say: Any help here will be had :):D:D
      suprise me

    • April 20, 2004 at 2:02 am #33911
      Avatar photoAaron
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      *laughs* pretty much replacing the servo is the ‘cheapest’ option. Unless the Sanwa is a hi-dollar job 🙂

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    • April 20, 2004 at 3:13 am #33910
      peteWah
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      thats part of the answer i need and thanks again for the name change Aaron:D:D:D

    • April 20, 2004 at 4:22 am #33905
      PandaBear
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      Sanwa 102 is the basic servo that comes with radio sets; RRP is about $25-30. Haven’t seen anywhere that sells spare gears for them locally otherwise the gears would only be $5.

      Your best bet is to buy a new servo, or if you’re lucky buy a dead 102 from someone and steal its gears.

    • April 21, 2004 at 1:18 am #33869
      peteWah
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      Yeah Yeah i know its crap but i would rather have a running crap car than sitting around gathering dust crap car :sad::sad::sad:

    • April 21, 2004 at 1:45 am #33868
      PandaBear
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      Err.. better read the post again… nowhere did I ever say its ‘crap’. :p Sanwa 102 is not the fastest nor most torquey servo out there, but it does its job.

      My personal preference is the Futaba S3003. It is a tiny bit faster & stronger than the Sanwa, but it is Futaba’s basic model. I like it over the Sanwa as I find it easier to get spareparts for Futaba – gears, case etc.

    • April 21, 2004 at 2:16 am #33866
      Avatar photoAaron
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      Yeah I’m a Futaba 3003 user. Killed the odd one here and there. Servo gears like you.

      They’re about $20-$35 too so nothing flash.

      A.

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    • April 21, 2004 at 5:10 am #33865
      PandaBear
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      At TCS 2003 I was running “without” servosaver to give some extra steering directness… narrow track with PVC-pipe barriers were very hard on little plastic S3003 gears.

      Went thru about 5 serovs – all stripped output gears, including 1 that literally blew out the side of the servocase. 😯

      Now have a queue at the servo doctor… need to go stock up on more gearsets first. When I get around to reordering, you need any Aaron?? 🙂

    • April 21, 2004 at 4:07 pm #33855
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      Not at the moment 😉 But spare ESC s;)

      A.

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    • April 21, 2004 at 4:16 pm #33863
      peteWah
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      NO i said it, because it broke and rather cheep:D

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