Rebuilding the Jada Toys 2006 Camaro
We've had this cool inexpensive Jada Toys "2006 Camaro" R/C car for several years now. The batteries are worn out, the controller doesn't work well anymore and it had been relegated to just being a regular "toy car" for my four year old. I was cleaning my electronics bench yesterday and realized I probably had enough spare parts from my other R/C ventures to gut and rebuild the Camaro with more modern parts. Sure, the parts probably cost more than the car did, but I already had them so why not? The first order of business was assessing whether the existing mechanisms in the car are serviceable at all. After removing the 13 required screws to get the body off the chassis, we get a good view of the inside: The brushed motor / gear-differential assembly (right) are probably either usable as-is or not usable at all, so I decide to keep them intact and try just driving them with a brushed motor speed controller. The receiver / control c...