NitroVenom

I know you can't fit the hs-81mg servos without modification in the mini lst. Is there any procedure to make it fit. Has anyone done this before? The power and the price is better to go with the 81s and not the hs-65mg.

Sao

CAW make a chassis for fitting HS81's

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It's also on sale for $30, the price sure has dropped.

83gt

Where do you see that ? ?



Nitro,

You will be hard pressed to fit the HS81's even with modifications to the chassis. The CAW chassis is considerably longer, allowing room for the larger servo mounting holes. The problem with the HS65's is the odd size on the output shaft. The stock servo savers will not fit these servo's. So far I have yet to see someone come up with a feasable way to use the HS65's. So far the only servo that is a known drop-in replacement is the JR241. The JR241MG's are most popular because they have metal gears and are very strong and durable for a micro servo. As a bonus you can use the stock servo saver setup, or any aftermarket replacement that is a direct fit for MLST. Problem is that they are very expensive. You could get the standard JR241's for pretty cheap though and drop them in. Then, if the gears ever fail. you can pick up the metal gears for about $20 per servo and upgrade them.

J.

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www.killerhobbies.com

83gt

Look again. KillerHobbies used to carry the CAW chassis for HS81 servo's. All they have had for the past month or so is the CAW extended chassis for stock servo's. You would have to re-cut the holes in the chassis to run the HS81. If i'm not mistaken, the cost for the HS81 chassis was a bit higher than the stock servo chassis. It was shown as out of stock for a while, and then removed all together from the site. I have seen one or two pop up on ebay from CAW in the last 3 months, but they sell pretty quickly. Good luck finding one!

J.

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Whoops.....mistake on my part. I really dont see the need for new servos, its easy to fix the slop and mine goes perfectly straight. By the way 83, how you liking those CAW hubs!

83gt

Absolutely lovin the CAW axles. Running 2.2's makes all the difference. I did ditch the truck version of the Dirt Hawgs for some of the Buggy Dirt Hawgs and super nitro mesh wheels. I will keep the large dirt hawgs and stars for serious off-roading once we have some decent diffs to use. With those wheels and tires I stripped my B&S gears in about 10 minutes, as well as stripping a servo (again). That's the 3rd time I have stripped gears in one of the servo's, the previous two failures were still running stock power and wheels/tires! I definately see the need for stronger servo's.

J.

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Looks like theres a gear problem with everything in the mini-lst , good to know your liking the hubs though!

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NitroVenom

I really don't want to upgrade the chasis to another aluminum cause I want a carbon fiber chasis. I want to make the truck as light as possible. If I was going in that direction I would also buy the monotunning wide track conversion. Then it would be a huge 1/18th

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Why exactly do you want to change the servos in the first place?

NitroVenom

I want a faster, stronger, more reliable servo. plus the hs-65 and 81s are both metal geared.

NitroVenom

Is there a special servo saver I can buy for the hs 65s?
What can I do about the steering slop? Has gpm come out with anything yet?

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All you have to do is add 2 degrees of toe-out and stretch the servo springs. That fixes most of it, the rest can be dialed out with your steering trim. 3racing has a fix out though.

carmatic1

i know the kimbrough savers work on hs81's, i wonder if they also work on the 65's? its kind of a hit or miss thing looking for these servo savers for me, couldnt find anywhere on the internet that sells them, went to my lhs, and picked up the only pair of these left