hghflyrjd1

i just got the savage x 4.6 on the 24th of dec so there was snow on the ground and it was wet on the roads where i broke it in but i noticed the breaks dont work not that i notice could it be cause there always beeen wet or what?

Matt (12 year old rc fanatic)

Look in your manual and tighten the phillip head screw to adjust your breaks.

hghflyrjd1

ayone else have any ideas why my breaks dont stop the truck at all i dont even notice a drip when i hit the breaks

hhhs001

Roll the truck by hand (with the engine off) and apply the brakes. If you feel absolutely no drag at all there are 2 possibilities:

1) The linkage is set up incorrectly, check the throttle servo horn, you'll see a linkage with a spring and a knob. Screw the knob in so that the spring is just touching the servo horn at neutral (no screwdriver required). For more aggressive braking swap the spring out with a piece of fuel tubing.

2) If the above doesn't work, check the phillip head screws on the brake assembly. You may have to tear down the truck to tighten the screws, but hopefully its just the linkage.

Also, if you're running 4 AA's in the truck the brakes will appear quite weak. I highly recommend getting a 5 cell hump pack for heaps better braking and longer/more consistent run times.

Good luck!

hghflyrjd1

yea i run AA batteries but even with fully charged ones it doesnt slow down or stop at all

bzinfinity

Did you try manually turning the little black knob on the servo side of the brake linkage?

My 4.6 brakes were VERY loose from the factory. I have to have turned that knob at least 5 turns in from where it was when I opened the box, and my brakes are still a little looser than I would like.

However, any more than 5 1/4ish turns gives me a little brake drag while in neutral.

hghflyrjd1

how hard id it saposed to be to turn it cause i cant easily turn it?

bzinfinity

Mmm... I dunno, mine is not HARD to turn per se, but it's not loose either. I'd say a fair amount of effort is required to turn mine? Thats a pretty subjective question though, hehe.

3-172IN MTN

I have a couple reccomendations on this,

1, move the steering servo to the brakes and buy a new steering servo

2, buy a 6v hump pack

if you do these two things your truck will flip over forwards when you hit the brakes

PrjctStrtFrce

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Replace the crappy spring on the brake lever with an equal length piece of fuel tubing, and tighten that little knob a few turns.

MadManAndrew

what they said...the throttle/brake linkage in the savvy is pretty tricky to set up, but if set up properly, the brakes are awesome..

in this case, "breaks" would be spelt B-R-A-K-E-S. See "brakes" sounds better doesn't it?

hghflyrjd1

thanks guy ill give that a try

Anomie

And 'spelt' would instead be 'spelled'.

We do not need a grammar monitor since most everyone understands the request of the original poster.

Jager 247

seems to me the problem is the truck is just not broke in yet. give it some more time and let the breaks need to seat them selfs. I built the SS about 2 months ago and it took almost a half a gallon before the truck came to life and everything started working right.

hghflyrjd1

yea but they never did anything at all dont even notice them slow the truck down