zavzilla

hi hears my problem i run my savage 25 rtr with aliminum clutch shoes when ever i try to clime extreem steep hills i tend to strip my sper gear withen minets of putting them on ( mesh is correct , ) is there a way to sop this problem from happening ie set the sliper loos. metal sper gear . has any one had this problem.

snowbl!nd

It may be that the mesh is perfect when you set it, but unless you tighten the engine mount screws fully (maybe add some loctite also) the mesh can change, causing the spur gear to become damaged.

Also check that the clutch is engaging properly, as if the shoes slip too much they can heat up the clutch bell, which can melt the teeth off the spur gear. I'd leave the slipper at the reccomended settings, you shouldnt have to alter it to fix the problem (setting it too loose will melt the spur gear anyway).

Also, please use spellchecker as it makes posts much more readable, and encourages more people to reply.

zavzilla

hi the bolt are as tight as you can do them by hand wot is the correct sliper clutch settings as ive been told as tight as you can and 1/8 to 1/2 turn back from being tight

snowbl!nd

I think that's about right... 1/4 turn from fully tightened would be a good place to start.

KiZ

well, what kind of hills are these? Savages arent extreme hill climbers, and if you want it to be, then make sure you gear it down nice and low.

tmodlin

Set your slipper between fully tight to 1/8th of a turn out. Are the teeth melted or chewed up? If they are shewed up your mesh must not be perfect.

gerwen

And if they are melted you are probably stressing the clutch too much. Gear lower, or take off the big tires (if you're using big tires).

Aluminum clutch shoes will help too.

zavzilla

hi i drive on all terain ie mud , rocks, 1/3 extreem hills, the spur gear teeth is striped of so wots the best way to mesh them as ive been do ing the paper methord ie typing paper doubled up on the flat this is fine so WOT would you recomend and wot gearing would you recomend for my savy . and will the new hpi metal ones be bettor when they come out.

zavzilla

hi if the savy is not a hill climer wot is it disghind for

Buzzbait

I do hill climbing all the time with my Savage 4.6. I have it geared at 16/49 using a stock plastic spur gear. I've melted the teeth off of my spurs, but never stripped them. Are you sure they are stripping?

zavzilla

hi ye they are striping as i run aly shoes before them i had the stock ones the sper gear did melt then i thort aly shoes is ment to top this how do you mesh the gearing up and how tight do you set the sliper clutch up

Buzzbait

I set my gear mesh with a single piece of copy paper.

I run the slipper clutch fully tightened.

tmodlin

I do the same.

PSG-1

I'm running a bigger engine and I run almost those settings too except i loosen my slipper maybe 1/8th of a turn... if that.

And you have to put thread lock on the engine mount bolts or the engine will come lose. The bolts are metal to metal and will vibrate out. Might take a tank or two but they will... You thread lock anything that's metal to metal. Metal to plastic will hold on it's own as the screws bite into the plastic and hold. However, taking screws out and putting them back in a bunch of time in plastic will wear out the plastic holes and you might want to thread lock them anyways.

PSG-1

Blue thread lock since I didn't specify above... and i don't want someone coming back saying they red thread locked something and can't get it out now hehe. About the only way to undo red threadlock is heat up the metal really hot so it expands and you might get lucky.

:Green:

I hill climb my Savage all the time, Savage work awesome hill climbing,. you just gotta know how to set up and be able to handle it.

My Savage is the shnazit though.....

zavzilla

hi green ghost so how do you set up your savy for hill climingas i like the info as i like doing it as well