lauderboy

ok so iam now on my 3rd rrp clutch bell they just keep stripping my mesh is good the engine does not come loose cos its bolted with nuts on top its solid
the only thing i can think of is that the spur is too tight but sureley if it was to tight my front diff would blow b4 the bell this month i have went through about 90£ worth of kit
that includes the rw spur n bell which r crap so stay away
any help is appreciated

Vigilante212

When your running metal spurs you need to run a hardened vented clutchbell. The regular clutchbells arent hardeded enough. also you need to make the shimming between the CB and spur a little wider not much maybe another papers width.

lauderboy

its the rrp combo so it hardened

Vigilante212

JUst because its a combo doesnt mean the clutchbell is hardened. I havent used any RRP stuff so I dont know for sure. Just buy a hpi vented hardend CB and try that once. Also mke sure your tvps dont have the thin x under the engine plate those old style ones tend to bend and break at that point.

lauderboy

see the thing is iv been useing rrp "robinson racing products" since i got my x ss and its just become a problem now it all checks out fine tvp's the lot it's got me beat[:@]

badboy2

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thats the disadvantage of using metal spur ..id rather try to get the mesh right with the plastic spur its a cheaper fix if u strip it ..

46u

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8 plus gallons on my second plastic spur, first one melted do to the stock carbon clutches slipping so bad heated up the CB since no problem.

-SomeGuy-

I got an rrp combo a long time ago and yes the bell is supposed to be hardned, mine is. Otherwise whats the point of selling it as a combo?

lauderboy

iam starting to think its the spur assembley so i ordred all new bits the hub,spring,nut,slipper plate,slipper pads.
so i will see if that does the job i hope so or its getting sold to fund my baja
+ my mesh is fine

megamaxx

yes,it sounds like somethings wiggling around,did you check the bearings in your top shaft for excessive play?

lauderboy

it looks as it always did no diffrence

dapro

with that setup you have to be dead on with the mesh or it just money down the drain, I ran that setup on my savy limited and it lasted for almost a year, then I did a complete teardown and got in a rush with the mesh, chewed the teeth right off the cb in maybe 30 minutes of run time...I switched back to the plastic spur and cb, and I haven't stripped a spur in over a year, I remember that combo costing about $35-40 when I got it...

lauderboy

there is a tiny little bit of forward to back play in the shaft holding the spur but iam sure its normal

Rexzilla

I have been running the RRP steel spur combo for over 18 months with no problems at all.

With a steel spur you need to have a tiny amount of play due to expansion of the steel when it heats up

Is the alignment of the spur and bell ok, is the spur making 100% contact, by this i mean I had to slot the holes in the engine plate to move the engine forward

Polar_Bus

Metal spurs are a bandaid for a different drivetrain problem. There is no need to run metal spurs. In my 5 years of Savage bashing i've trashed maybe 3 spurs, all of which were my own fault, NOT the spur's fault....

lauderboy

i will need to wait for my new rrp combo to come in the post maybe tuesday or wednesday to try again .
That takes the total spent on spur n bell combo's to 120£.
forsale 1 savage x ss very soon i think

Rexzilla

With the original did you get the combo or the spur by itself?

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If you only got the spur then this will more than likely be the problem

Reason i ask is that when you get the Sav X set up it only comes with the spur no cb, the rrp products are very hard wearing, most of the guys i bash with are running them and i have yet too see any problems with them, mine has shattered the cb bearings twice with no damage to either

lauderboy

its the combo i but each time as thats all my lhs stock . i know rrp are very good as i have never had a problem untill now [:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@][:@]

monsterT

Have you checked your engine mount or the plate for cracks or bent?

lauderboy

it's all A ok this has got me beat

Vigilante212

Your not missing any bolts for your engine plate or the ones that hold the aluminum runners on arent loose are they?

lauderboy

nope but i stripped it down rebuilt the lot so i will run it at the weekend wish me luck

lauderboy

well all seams well after 9 tanks today so i hope thats it sorted hope it lasts
thanks for all the help guys

black mamba

X2-this is very important.

I have used HPI's hardened racing vented clutch bells with steel spurs with no problems.

black mamba

Use the right CB with the steel spur and you won't have problems....simple as that. Most guys don't know that running a hardened CB is mandatory with a steel spur. Some ask before they do it and some learn the hard way by eating up parts.[8D]