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I have the savage x and i set the ger mesh pretty soild every time but after about five tanks of fuel my engine just strips the spur gear. I am thinking about putting in a steel one. does any one have any suggestion. Also can you please list some pulses and draw backs to having a steel spur gear. do i have to update anyhting else if i want to go with a steel one?
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RE: steel spur
with a steel one if u land with ur finger on the gas odds are ur diffs will strip and not the spur.........the plastic spur is like a failsafe in a way
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RE: steel spur
Muggy250 couldnt have said it better.Sure is a lot easier and cheaper to change a plastic gear when something has to give,and there will be a time when something has to give.
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RE: steel spur
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Muggy250 couldnt have said it better.Sure is a lot easier and cheaper to change a plastic gear when something has to give,and there will be a time when something has to give.
Muggy250 couldnt have said it better.Sure is a lot easier and cheaper to change a plastic gear when something has to give,and there will be a time when something has to give.
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RE: steel spur
Yep, if you decide to go with a metal spur you'll have to get a hardened clutchbell too.
I thought that one versin or another of the Savage came with a steel spur...maybe the x SS, I don't remember
I would still suspect that either you're not getting the mesh quite right or you have some flex/movement somewhere. A spur should last more than 5 tanks of fuel unless you're driving like a wildman or picking up gravel or something.
I thought that one versin or another of the Savage came with a steel spur...maybe the x SS, I don't remember
I would still suspect that either you're not getting the mesh quite right or you have some flex/movement somewhere. A spur should last more than 5 tanks of fuel unless you're driving like a wildman or picking up gravel or something.
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RE: steel spur
ORIGINAL: ttoks
i drive my revo like a wildman and i'm still one the spur that came from the factory...
i drive my revo like a wildman and i'm still one the spur that came from the factory...
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RE: steel spur
i had a plastic spur gear and ate up several of them.. i just bought a robinson racing one and on the second tank i went off a jump and there went the clutch bell... maybe i didnt set the mesh right... i ll fix it though.
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RE: steel spur
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Yep, if you decide to go with a metal spur you'll have to get a hardened clutchbell too.
I thought that one versin or another of the Savage came with a steel spur...maybe the x SS, I don't remember
I would still suspect that either you're not getting the mesh quite right or you have some flex/movement somewhere. A spur should last more than 5 tanks of fuel unless you're driving like a wildman or picking up gravel or something.
Yep, if you decide to go with a metal spur you'll have to get a hardened clutchbell too.
I thought that one versin or another of the Savage came with a steel spur...maybe the x SS, I don't remember
I would still suspect that either you're not getting the mesh quite right or you have some flex/movement somewhere. A spur should last more than 5 tanks of fuel unless you're driving like a wildman or picking up gravel or something.
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RE: steel spur
ORIGINAL: D-Fly
I have the savage x and i set the ger mesh pretty soild every time but after about five tanks of fuel my engine just strips the spur gear. I am thinking about putting in a steel one. does any one have any suggestion. Also can you please list some pulses and draw backs to having a steel spur gear. do i have to update anyhting else if i want to go with a steel one?
I have the savage x and i set the ger mesh pretty soild every time but after about five tanks of fuel my engine just strips the spur gear. I am thinking about putting in a steel one. does any one have any suggestion. Also can you please list some pulses and draw backs to having a steel spur gear. do i have to update anyhting else if i want to go with a steel one?
Try to call HPI and see if they can replace you older X-TVP with the newer revised X TVPs that now come on the X-SS kit. The X-SS TVPs hade these little "x"s redesigned and they no longer buckle too easily.
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RE: steel spur
Muggy250r Date 6/14/2007 6:49:48 AM
ORIGINAL: ttoks
i drive my revo like a wildman and i'm still one the spur that came from the factory...
a revo isnt a bigblock and doesnt weigh as much either.........
ORIGINAL: ttoks
i drive my revo like a wildman and i'm still one the spur that came from the factory...
a revo isnt a bigblock and doesnt weigh as much either.........
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RE: steel spur
ya thanks. My savage has so much power. i dont ussuly break them when i am on strait aways or anything. it is ussualy when i am poping wheelys or other things like that. i have done the paper trick and everytings my gear mesh is pretty good. i am a basher only i break everything. well thanks for all the answers and ill check our my tvps and see if thats the problem.
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RE: steel spur
i found the paper trick isn't the best way, i rather to it by feel, so theres a very tiny little bit of play (like .1 mm or less), and no binding in the gears.