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annoyin_kid:
so here i am happily modifying my first servo when i come across a problem and start panicking. the main gear of my futaba s3003 has the pot turning thing as part of it. the pot turner was made as part of the main gear and there is no way i can pull it out. what do i do now?

i put everything back together and it works like it used to.

Admin:
can you post a picture?

two thoughts come to mind . . . maybe drill out a hole through the center of the main gear, or get a pair of wire cutters and cut off the head of the pot (make sure you center it first).

annoyin_kid:
i used my mad photoshop skills and drew this picture of what the gear looked like from the bottom

would this way of modding the servo work?
http://www.ranchbots.com/club/papers/Modifying%20Hobby%20Servo%20Motors%20for%20Continuous%20Rotation.pdf

Admin:
eehhhhh so the method in that link is unneccessarily overcomplicated.

he is not only modding the gears, but also swapping out the pot for resistors. you dont need to swap out the pot. just either remove the green or the red so it can rotate freely.

you could drill out a hole through the center of the gear, or get a pair of wire cutters and cut off the head of the pot. basically follow my method of modifying a servo:
http://www.societyofrobots.com/actuators_modifyservo.shtml

annoyin_kid:
yea the other way is a bit complicated but if i ever need to go back to having a normal servo i can but if i decide to cut off the pot head i cant go back to original condition. (im on a tight budget or other wise i wouldn't care)

do you have any idea if that complicated way will work?

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