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Originally Posted by ShadowKnight
The rule is there to keep rookie teams from melting their motors and there realyl is no way to tell the difference between the way you soldered on the wires and the way the corporation soldered them
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Sorry, but youre wrong. Ive seen many many veteran teams screw up their drill motors by desoldering them. It has nothing to do with how long a team has been around, or even to some degree the skill of the person soldering. The reason they want you to avoid it, no matter how good you are, is because the extreme heat required will very easily destroy the brushes and the brush holder. It's for the same reason they tell us not to run the drill motors at their stall point. Sure, you can use a heatsink and blah blah blah blah blah... but why take the chance?
Shadownight: just because something wasn't illegal when you did it doesnt matter. Illegal means exactly that. Illegal. For example, team 68's robot last year was legal for awhile, then FIRST declared it illegal. They didnt try and put it out on the field and use it, because they knew it was illegal, even though it was legal when made.
I do agree that FIRST probably wont care if you already desoldered them and you redo the job, but that general philosophy isn't too great.
Also, new drill motors are only like 28 bucks. it might be a worthy investment, both to conform to the rules (if FIRST doesnt allow you to use your current ones) and to have as spares.
Cory