Venom Fireball motors

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Grave Digger1

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I got a new Venom Fireball 19d motor that is no longer working. I only ran it a few times and I saw some sparks come out from inside and now it no longer works.
What happened? are these motors junk/cheap or what?
Lynn
 
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Cummins Driver

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I have not heard good things about these motors. Supposedly the brushes are really soft and wear out quickly and i dont think the quality of the rest of the motor is too good either.

I would try some new higher quality brushes in it and see if it comes back to life.

Eric
 
Jerry Matoon

Jerry Matoon

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I have not had good luck with their motors or even customer service. I had some motors that were bad out of the package. sent in for replacements and it took forever. Thats when you start asking yourself; was that motor a good deal after all?

Jerry
 
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Grave Digger1

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MatoonPlatoon said:
I have not had good luck with their motors or even customer service. I had some motors that were bad out of the package. sent in for replacements and it took forever. Thats when you start asking yourself; was that motor a good deal after all?

Jerry
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That's not good to hear....
I think I still have my package, should I take it back to the hobby shop or just deal with Venom for replacement?

Lynn
 
Jerry Matoon

Jerry Matoon

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email or call their customer service for what to do next. they would be the best bet in helping you out.

Jerry
 
CPH extreme

CPH extreme

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sorry to say those motors are JUNK. i went through mine in 2 battery packs
i called like 6 times only to be blown off by the customer service.. hope you can make some head way with them..
 
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OSRC

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X2, I have one of their crawler motors I got in a lot, and by the comm wear it looks barely used...but it doesn't work. Brushes are fine, spins fine, just doesn't go. Think it blew a winding interally. Guessing since you had some internal sparks, that's what happened to yours also. I'd take it back the LHS.
 
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carcrusher

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I had customers that had good luck with the motors, but only in the case where it was disassembled, trued, and installed with different (Trinity) brushes before even using the motor. The Epic Intense and Orion Method R motors seem to be better choices for the "budget motor" crowd though, even if they are 3 or 4 dollars more.
 
CPH extreme

CPH extreme

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I tore my fireballs down and the windings are blown apart, they were in a clod w/ 13t pinions, and were never spun up unloaded.

i paid a little more and got team epic 19t outlaw spec motor and could not be happier with a brushed motor:tmb

just checked the web site and they are on sale for like $10.99 org was $64

heres the link if anyone is inerested
http://www.teamepiconline.com/shop/item_new.asp?item=EP1100S
 
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Grave Digger1

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CPH extreme said:
cool deal, whats your motor plans now?
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I sold the Ground Pounder that I was working on and got a Tamiya Twin Detonator coming now instead. I felt like I was chasing a monkeys tail with the thing and the motor problem was the last straw with the truck for me.

I've got a Tamiya dual motor ESC coming for the TD as well as Tamiya sport tuned motors.

Lynn
 
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