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Re: Fixing Burnt Motors

He means the fuse that is on the battery, it comes with a 20Amp fuse but by lowering it you can fix the issue with the motors burning out, in response to the fixing question the issue is a 3.9 ohm resistor that burns out at about 20amps. The resistor can be replaced but it is illegal to compete with in such a state, also to remove it it cause significant damage to the motor housing in the form of destroying the tabs bent to hold in the actual components. However if you can solder a bridge in and solder in a replacement resistor to outside of the motor for easy access, the motor will perform identically to a normal one for testing, so that you don't risk new ones. I'd advise using those for testing and running at most 15Amp fuses to fix the issue. good luck !