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Great to have found this forum and thanks to walkbythesea for pointing me in the direction of this thread. Recently got a Zorro having started on a 1/18 truggy with my son who loves RCs. I've also managed to get some friends into it and now we have three FTXs (Zorro, Carnage, Vantage) and a Traxxas Slash between us. My son quickly got through 3 of the stock brushed Zorro motors! I'm in the process of upgrading to brushless with a small false start through getting a motor with too high a kv rating. I'm sure the mods will continue once the motor is sorted...

Thanks! That was my concern when I bought it but the reviews included people with similar models and they didn't have issues (assuming they're real of course...). The weird thing is that even if I apply light pressure to one axle (both wheels) with my hands whilst elevated, it just starts jittering. It's not like I'm trying to drive it over really difficult ground. The Zorro doesn't weigh much more than a Vantage or Carnage either. I'll have a look at a lower kv rating as an alternative... Thanks for your reply 🙂

Did you find a solution to this? I have the same problem with my FTX Zorro. Fitted this to replace the standard brushed https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07YDNVX9L/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Everything looks fine including the pinion mesh and it spins up ok off the ground. Fine once at speed too. But it struggles to get going and can't take even light grass - just get a horrible clicking, grinding sound as the motor goes one way then the other repeatedly. I'm going to try a card to programme it but if that doesn't work, I don't know what the solution is...