D Boys M4 not working.

[Taho]

To make it short and sweet, I rewired it recently with some 14 AWG wire because my pinion gear tore up the old wire. I paid very well attention and I am certain I wired it in the right places. Yet when I reassembled my gun, the motor sounds like it just won't turn. Like it's trying to, but can't. I use deans connectors and tried three different batteries, all fully charged. A 7.4 lipo, 8.4 NiMh and 9.6 NiMh. All had the same results. The motor looks to be fine and still spins. I fiddled around with the motor adjustment plate and that didn't help. Anybody have any other solutions? It will be much appreciated.

[Deuce]

So does the motor spin without being in the gearbox? If so it means your wiring is fine and you probably got something misaligned in your gearbox. Try it and let us know.

[Taho]

The motor spins fine. I guess I'll just check on the gears.

[Deuce]

That would be my guess, usually something like this is something small like the antireversal or a shim fell between the gears.

[Taho]

The anti reversal is always a pain in the arse. XD Well, thanks, I'll check it out and update this.

[slippy]

Taho I had a very similar problem yesterday. What ended up happening was pinched a wire in my pistol grip. I took it out, lined up the wires all nice and Purdy like and then woohoo it worked.

Hope this helps ya.

[Deuce]

slippy It probably cant be pinched wires because the motor functions out of the gearbox, meaning there is current flowing through

[slippy]

And if the motor functions out of the gearbox that would probably indicate that its not inside the grip, therefore there would be no way that a wire would bind up. Mine did the same thing, hence why I posted the suggestion.

[MayhemXXXFrosty (AndrewMp5k)]

I usually test the motor while the motor grip is hooked up, i simply flip it around (or i just hook it up and make sure the motor is backed all the way out of the grip). So just because someone tests the "motor" does not always mean that they don't have the pistol grip installed unless they've stated otherwise.

A good thing to remember is that anytime you take the gearbox apart, it's a great time to re-shim the gearbox. Every time you reassemble the gearbox, since you most likely aren't torquing the gearbox to a certain spec on each screw, the pressure is going to be different every time. Thus your previous shim might not be adequate enough (too loose or too tight) after this new reassembly.