new lithium polymer pack help

[JDMDUDE]

I put in my new battery pack in but when I plug them in the steering dosen't center what is wrong.

[zippo855]

is the switch in the on position? did you hook the battery pack up correctly? how are you hooking the battery up, deans plugs? are you solder joints good? got any pictures?
if you have the battery pack hooked up backwards, you just fried your board.

if you have bad solder joints, you might not be getting good continuity.

if you switch isn't on you won't have any response.

if you can get some pictures of how you have it hooked up, we might be able to help more..

and what chassis, truck, evo, gen 1?

and is there any sort of response with power?

is your crystal in?

[xmodzracer]

is it charged?

[JDMDUDE]

I wish i could post pics but my computer is not letting me and the crystal is on and it was switched on it is an evo and it seems to go forward and backward but goesn't turn

[zippo855]

sounds like you knocked a servo wire loose. look at the board and there is a black and a white wire going to the servo. most likely one of them have come loose, especially if you have forward and reverse.

[JDMDUDE]

cool thanks and when i connected it there was a spark that came from the plug and it smelled liked the packs were getting on fire

[zippo855]

Originally Posted by JDMDUDE

cool thanks and when i connected it there was a spark that came from the plug and it smelled liked the packs were getting on fire

sparks and heating up are never a good sign. that could lead to fire and what not. how did you test forawrd and reverse if that happened. you didn't leave it plugged in like that did you?

[JDMDUDE]

when i first soldiered the wire in and put the packs in i tryed it the first time to see if it turned then i unpluged them to see what was wrong then i tryed to plug them back in then thats when i saw the spark.

[zippo855]

well like i said, sparks are never, never good. take a look at the wires going from the board to the battery pack, make sure there is no bare spots that are arcing, and make sure whre you soldered it to the board it isnt bridging anything.

[deckerz]

if your motor is direct solderered to the board make sure that solder isnt going from the black motor wire to the FETs (if its evo). I take it your running stacked FETs, make sure you haven't knocked some fets out of place.

[JDMDUDE]

still need help car won't turn and i did resolder the white wire and still no steering and no i am not running stack fets i have the stock fets

[zippo855]

did you check the black wire as well? where did the spark come from? and when you batteries heated up that meant something was shorting out. its possible that you had something shorting that caused a steering fet to blow.

[JDMDUDE]

I did check the black that one was okay the spark came from that plug that you connect the battery pack to.

[deckerz]

are the white and black wires from the servo MOTOR connected?
thats all thats left i can think of unless that spark fried the board.

[JDMDUDE]

i did fix the servo motor wires right now but the wires on the board have came off and it pulled the old solder from the board and i tryed to solder them back in but won't stick.

[SkylineLvr]

Sounds like you lifted the pads

[JDMDUDE]

how do i put them back in

[SkylineLvr]

You can't. You might be able to find another spot on the board to use. I lifted an fet pad on my Mini-Z board and had a friend fix it for me. He found another spot on the board that connected to where the lifted pad was and used a wire as a jumper from that spot to the fet

[JDMDUDE]

update

I just bought a new board last week and it works okay but doesn t go really far at all i checked the wires the crystal on the car and i even put a new battery in the controller and when you drive it you have to follow it to move.