Powerwagon79
RC Newbie
So my 4 month old Bandit XL-5 has a strange motor issue. I was having fun bashing it, and I jumped it into a ditch. No big deal. When I reversed, it grinded and didn't even spin the wheels. I pulled it out and tried to get it to go again. I gave it a hard push, and it made approximately 4,786,454,275 sounds at once, then ran alright (he battery was dying already). I tried to reverse once again, nothing. A click, a jerk, then nothing. I grabbed the cracked spoiler and hiked back to the house. I turned it off, spun both wheels, and the motor would spin, then get stiff, and if I pushed harder, it would click, then spin again. I pulled off the trans cover, and found nothing. I figured I could take the motor out and see if the wheels would work then. They did. So it's the motor, in short, that clicks, and won't go backwards. I also notice the rod that goes through the motor, that the pinion goes on, was wiggling, like a bearing had gone out or was missing. I tested it by running it separately, not on the trans. with a fresh battery. The same thing. Clicking going forwards, no reverse, then no forward either, just acting like it was trying, and it was, as a wisp of steam (or smoke?) came out. All the while making the little whine that means it's trying to turn. Any ideas as to what is going on with it?