P3 Standard Motor Barely Spinning

[dsr9024]

Just like the title suggests one out of the four motors barely spins, mind you my phantom has not had any hard landings or crashes, now just spinning the propeller by hand i can feel the motor "grabbing" at a certain point as i rotate it, am i needing to look into replacing the motor or something else.

 

[msinger]

Did you change anything on your Phantom (e.g. install/uninstall prop guards) between now and the last time all worked as expected?

 

[WV. Rootman]

Possibly dirt?

 

[dsr9024]

I don't think i changed anything, but if i did it would have been prop guards.

 

[msinger]

Are you saying you recently installed/removed prop guards?

 

[dsr9024]

I honestly can't remember if prop guards were removed before it started having problems or if it was after. Sorry its been a little bit, and im wanting to start flying again

 

[msinger]

After you removed the prop guards, which screws did you insert back into the motors?

 

[dsr9024]

the original silver small screws

 

[msinger]

I guess we can rule that out as the cause then. A lot of people remove the prop guards and install the long screws back into the motors (which drives them through the motor coils). At that point, the motors barely spin or don't spin at all.

If you need a replacement motor, here are a few places to buy one:

2312A CCW:

• Amazon
• eBay

2312A CW (motor with black dot on top):

• Amazon
  
• eBay