Identifying Vintage Motors

Post by **NeonNoodle** » Sun Nov 08, 2020 11:33 am

Any guidance on how to ID vintage motors that you have in hand? Like, I have a "Revenge of the Monster" motor that according to the excellent Ultimate Vintage Brushed Motor Reference Guide in this subforum is a Trinity motor, but nowhere on the motor does it say Trinity. Another example, I have a "Pocket Rocket" motor, but apparently there are at least 5 variations of Pocket Rockets but this motor I have says nothing on it other than Pocket Rocket. How do I know what version it is?

Post by **Biz73** » Sun Nov 08, 2020 11:43 am

https://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=78&t=18586

Post by **NeonNoodle** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 9:01 pm

Thanks...did see that. I guess what I'm asking is if there's a way to ID a motor aside from its can's sticker? Are there any other marking manufacturers put on their motors to designate things like # of turns?

Post by **juicedcoupe** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 9:10 pm

Not always, but I had several with it written on the armature with a marker.

On many of the stock motors, look for visual clues. Different cans and endbell designs were often used on different iterations.

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