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Re: What should you do with a stuck motor?
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Wed, 29 Jun 2005 21:23:19 GMT
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On Wed, June 29, 2005 4:19 pm, Jordan Bradford said:
Last night I had a new-style 9V motor attached directly to a 40-tooth gear that
was turning an 8-tooth gear. There was a fair amount of torque involved, and my
motor stalled after a while. Now the thing won't turn unless I really force it.
What should I do? Should I call LEGO and have them send me a new one? Should I
take it apart and try to fix it? What happened to it, anyway?

The motor in question is from a Mindstorms 2.0 kit, and the number on the bottom
is 43362.


The folks at LEGO are VERY good about replacing messed up motors.  I've done it all
on-line, before.

Steve



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(...) Are they? I submitted a request for three replacement motors online about two months ago. 2 seized right out of the box (set 3038) and one has almost stopped working. (Since then I have had another one die on mee too) The following day I (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jun-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)

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  What should you do with a stuck motor?
 
Last night I had a new-style 9V motor attached directly to a 40-tooth gear that was turning an 8-tooth gear. There was a fair amount of torque involved, and my motor stalled after a while. Now the thing won't turn unless I really force it. What (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, FTX)

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