Shortening servo wires ?

[SamS]

I'm not that great at soldering, okay I suppose, but I havn't got the skills to remove the pins from a servo plug and resolder them.

So, would it be okay just to cut the wires, remove an equal amount of all three wires and just resolder them back together and heat shrink them ?



Thanks

[jimmyhorns]

yes, provided that your soldering is good.

[Vikki]

If you stagger the cuts so that when you resolder the wires there is no danger of them shorting then an overall heatshrink sleeve will do. Be sure you know what I mean before doing it. Three individual heatshrinks are such a pig and don't look neat

[Mark_T]

SamS, generally the pins are crimped not soldered.

If you do go for soldering the wires instead then take care to properly support the joint and protect it from vibrations as you've just created a hard point in a flexible wire.

Crimping is not that hard if you have the right tools and a little practice

[bigpops]

Or you could buy a crimper and put new plugs on. They're not that expensive, and it's handy to have for making your own extensions and things like that. They'll also crimp the little red JST connectors used on small lipos and escs.

Here's a link to where I bought mine: Servo Plugs modelaccessories.co.uk

His EC5s are the good type (like Eflite's) too, if you use EC5s.

[Vikki]

Since this is a fairly common problem in the RC hooby in general (I would think) are crimping tools for this job availably cheaply at hobby stores?

Bigpops answers the question while I typed

[muscleflex]

So, would it be okay just to cut the wires, remove an equal amount of all three wires and just resolder them back together and heat shrink them ?

Thanks

That's how I shortened the battery wires on my 130x gens ace batteries. I just cut the wires, then while the actual wires are still straight (without rolling them to create a single strand) I joined both ends together interwining (or something) then I put solder and heat shrink.

[muscleflex]

Hmm.. that's kinda cheap compared to ones I have looked at in the past.

Or you could buy a crimper and put new plugs on. They're not that expensive, and it's handy to have for making your own extensions and things like that. They'll also crimp the little red JST connectors used on small lipos and escs.

Here's a link to where I bought mine: Servo Plugs modelaccessories.co.uk

His EC5s are the good type (like Eflite's) too, if you use EC5s.

[Dedcalm]

Rather than cut the wires mid section and heat shrink the solder joints I would open the servo, de-solder the lead, shorten then lead as required and re-solder it to the servo PCB. Much neater result

[psychosaffa]

Hmm.. that's kinda cheap compared to ones I have looked at in the past.

Was thinking the same. Anyone else use this crimper?

[Mark_T]

This is the one I use:

Deluxe Crimping Tool

Not cheap, but it is good.

[Guest]

This is the one I use:

Deluxe Crimping Tool

Not cheap, but it is good.

Think that's the one I bought, haven't once made a successful crimp with it but destroyed a lot of pins trying! Tried playing with the sprocket on it that's a devil to turn round but always the same result. There must be some trick to it but a colleague I leant it to had the same result

[Mark_T]

Think that's the one I bought, haven't once made a successful crimp with it but destroyed a lot of pins trying! Tried playing with the sprocket on it that's a devil to turn round but always the same result. There must be some trick to it but a colleague I leant it to had the same result

Set it to minimum pressure and it works fine, as it ships the pressure is too high, but once adjusted I've had no problems.

[nobbycopter]

Hmmmm might get that cheap crimping tool....I just use a pair of thin nose pliers at the moment

[bulnose]

the ones in that link arnt very good tbh