Team 3205 Pinion Help

[Timz3082]

Originally Posted by ptitchener

It didn't smoke very much, but for a long period afterwards it still smelled like fried electronics. Sadly, we already destroyed the motor trying to get the pinion off, but thanks for the tip. Is there any way that we can test the future motors to see if they are still usable or not if they give of a little bit of smoke?

I would just keep going, as long as the smoke stops after a bit, all motors still retain the smell, but if the motor runs without any reduction in speed, keep using it, was it constantly spewing smoke?