Mabuchi Motor replacement

[Chris is me]

Would pretty much anything in the RS-555 line work? It's just practice. I don't know enough about the motors to know how different they are, but if it's just to get a robot running similarly...

[Nadav Zingerman]

many cordless drills contain similar motors. If you have some that you're not afraid to disassemble you might want to try that.

[MrForbes]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Would pretty much anything in the RS-555 line work? It's just practice. I don't know enough about the motors to know how different they are, but if it's just to get a robot running similarly...

The RS-555 "standard" seems to refer to the mounting specs and overall physical size of the motor. There are many, many different electrical/power specs used to make motors in this series. So no, I doubt you'll even be able to get it to run similarly by using any old RS-555 motor.

[AdamHeard]

I've googled some in addition, I have yet to find any that are even close in free speed.

[sanddrag]

Not sure of the specs, but here's something potentially similar. http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a...C-MOTOR/1.html

[thefro526]

I did a bit of looking out of curiosity and I was able to find this:

http://www.yeno-electronics.com/prod...?ProductID=728

They're in China though, so I doubt you'd be able to get it in any short amount of time and they probably don't want to deal with single orders either...

Has anyone tried contacting Mabuchi Directly?

[aldaeron]

I didn't really have time to compare the specs, but Banebots has this and many other brushed DC motors

http://banebots.com/pc/MOTOR-BRUSH/M5-RS555-12