Converted my Savage to BL finally!

[Unsullied_Spy]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

Well, stick with the robinson or rcm pinions. I bought some novak 32p pinion and they are huge, very wide, to the point that they will not fit most of the motors I have. They either completely miss the spur (stick out too far) or touch the front of the motor...

Honestly their material was questionable too. Stick with the rcm or rrp hardened pinions. I run my savvy with those pinions and a plastic spur and it does fine... I will most likely put the flux tranny on when it comes out, just to simplify the setup.

+1

That metal spur gear will actually make more noise. It won't strip and as long as both it and your pinion are properly hardened it shouldn't wear out but it'll be louder than a delrin spur gear. I'm thinking that noise is mostly just the motor.

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by Unsullied_Spy

+1

That metal spur gear will actually make more noise. It won't strip and as long as both it and your pinion are properly hardened it shouldn't wear out but it'll be louder than a delrin spur gear. I'm thinking that noise is mostly just the motor.

It is a 4 pole motor, and will make a notchy noise when the motor decelerates (sp?)... I run a metal spur and pinion on my lst, and with just the right mesh it is actually almost as quite as the plastic spur on the erevo... If the mesh is off it makes noise, quite a bit too....

[Unsullied_Spy]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

It is a 4 pole motor, and will make a notchy noise when the motor decelerates (sp?)... I run a metal spur and pinion on my lst, and with just the right mesh it is actually almost as quite as the plastic spur on the erevo... If the mesh is off it makes noise, quite a bit too....

Yeah, my Muggy is actually more quiet than my E-Revo was. Still makes a bit of noise but that's just the motor.

[Savage03]

Wow guys thanks for the info what I like to see
Actually I know who the support person is, his name is charlie which is the man dude there and been there for ages so im surprised and the kinda lacking support I got in his replies, no offer for a replacement pinion and obviously bad info. So Robinson gets my money then, I have a 17t coming and so far the 15t novak thats on the truck now is holding up better then the 16t lol, once I get more funds I will maybe pick up a 16t rrp, right now with a 47 spur it seems pretty undergeared its not getting hot at all, why I grabbed a 17t to see how that does.
I got my new true rc lipo yesterday also, nice pack (4s 5000mah). Hoping come tax time I can pick up the 8000mah next, I will get some pics once I get the braces put in, I was reading a older post and saw how the guy made a really nice stop but I forget who it was sorry I will look it up again to give credit :)
One other thing I went ahead picked up a new 2 speed tranny with the HD gear to give it a try I think with a 4s a shifting tranny can be done and the same thread I was reading about the brace he was using the 3spd with no issues and many runs, think you guys with the 6s are the main ones having issues haha for me im plenty happy with the 4s power.

[Savage03]

Got some stuff done this am, with my new lipo here I wanted to make a better brace to keep the lipo from sliding into the slipper nut, bad deal. Had some scrap carbon fiber so used that and 2 of the braces FLM includes then used some battery foam from AE think its for the b4 or something like that, then used the larger piece for the bottom of the lipo.
I also came across this idea from my mountain bike days, ever just need a allen wrench while your out for a quick run and didnt pack any tools? Happens to me often but dont feel like packing all the different sizes. Solution? Get one of these, small and has 2mm, 2.5 and 3mm.

[Janezki]

I'm guessing the support person @ Novak was thinking "normal" RTR electric monster trucks, not the ones we're mostly running here...
Now who on earth would want to convert a nitro truck to electric?