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Left motor will not turn

I have gone as far as swapping the cables on the side of the panel to see if indeed the left motor has shorted,found that the left motor will turn if run off the right transistor.I have replaced the driver board and steer angle board(which was faulty).At power up the top lead of the transistors reads 0vdc,when a direction is selected the left transistor reads 2.39vdc while the right reads 0vdc.as you accelerate then the voltage on both terminals climbs to battery voltage then goes into 1a>Im at a loss as to where this 2vdc is coming from and its obviously not letting the transistor work correctly.Any help would be greatly appreciated.
  • Posted 29 May 2013 04:16
  • By ray_k
  • joined 1 Jul'10 - 39 messages
  • Ohio, United States
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sounds like a bad transistor to me

but make sure you have all grounds to frame eliminated. you should have no more than 100,000 ohms resistance to frame from any component on the system. check the battery and make sure it isnt bleeding through to the frame as well, remove it from the truck and recheck operation. If you find grounds to the frame from any component repair those first then re-run your checks.
But all in all i think you'll find the one transistor partially shorted causing that voltage your seeing.

Also check your fwd/rev contactors , i've seen those cause issues like this before too. They may click but still not make good connection. Take them apart and check the contacts and replace them if they are burned, melted or pitted.
  • Posted 29 May 2013 20:52
  • Modified 29 May 2013 20:54 by poster
  • By swoop223
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