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DeveloperPermalink Reply by jasonshort on August 8, 2012 at 8:47am

Yeah, you can order replacement shafts from rctimer. They also sell a new style prop adapter that bolts to the 2830, but you need to cut the shaft to fit it. I use a dremel tool to do that.

Jason

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Permalink Reply by Jill on August 8, 2012 at 10:22am

How do I remove the shaft from the motor?

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Permalink Reply by Crispin on August 8, 2012 at 10:52am

Remove the circlip under the motor and pull the shaft up. The motor will come apart.

Undo the grub screw in the top of the motor housing and pull the shaft out. Might be a tight fit.

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Permalink Reply by Geir Engebakken on August 8, 2012 at 11:38am

I just had to separate the motor to solder a broken wire lead, so yes the shaft is separable, the 1.5 mm grub screw must be loosened, and when refitting I would advise you to add some blue loctite on it.

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Permalink Reply by Andy Theimer on November 16, 2012 at 4:06pm

Yeah, I bent 2 in a crash the other day myself... Here's the exact part I believe:

http://www.rctimer.com/index.php?gOo=goods_details.dwt&goodsid=...

or it looks like you can by a suspiciously similar motor to the 3dr 850 for $8 less:

http://www.rctimer.com/index.php?gOo=goods_details.dwt&goodsid=...

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Permalink Reply by Zach on February 6, 2013 at 12:06pm

Hey Andy,

I think you meant to post this link :) : http://www.rcmodelscout.com/Electric-Motors/3-17x45mm-Slowly-Speed-...

The shafts you linked are only 31mm long and won't have enough clearance to pass all the way through the motor housing. 

The standard 3DR shafts are 45mm long. 

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Permalink Reply by Coty Wood on February 8, 2013 at 8:29am

You are very correct...the 31mm ones are too short...found that out the hard way :-)

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Permalink Reply by Coty Wood on March 23, 2013 at 6:40pm

FWIW I purchased the ones from this link and they are the perfect length but unlike the picture do not have the groove for the clip :-(  Two purchases, many weeks of waiting, still I have bent shafts <mumbling to self under breath>

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Permalink Reply by Zach on March 23, 2013 at 6:46pm

Cody - I had the same issue. I ordered 10 of the replacements and only 3 of them came through with the groove for the c-clamp. I reached out to rc-timer though and let them know the other 7 were incorrect and replacements are on the way.

I presume there was a bad batch made. May want to consider reaching out to them for a replacement .

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Permalink Reply by Coty Wood on March 23, 2013 at 7:11pm

Ahhh....that is good news...thanks for the intel!

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Permalink Reply by Coty Wood on March 28, 2013 at 8:53pm

Argghh!  No response...and now the link to the correct shaft does not work.  Does anyone else have a source for just the motor shafts?

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Permalink Reply by Dan Banks on March 28, 2013 at 9:05pm

I don't know if this would work, but is there any chance you could fabricate a suitable replacement from a piece of 3/8" music wire with a dremel?  Cutting the groove for the clip might be tricky, but I bet it could be done.

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