Savage XL-E

[doo540]

I do think it might be possible to turn the tranny around in the frame so that the spur is fcing the other way, not sure how that will work out for drive shaft lenght. I might try both ways just for fun. (thats what she said)

[Janezki]

I was thinking about the same thing - have to check it out when I got my hands on it...

[spiftacu1ar]

I also ordered the direct drive gearbox. After about 50 emails back and forth between me and dan, this is where I am at: The gearbox is designed to be a drop in repalcement, with the spur forward, while accommodating the stock electronics box. However, I want the spur to the rear, with the motor in the front, so I can put the batteries in the back (I have an extended FLM chassis). According to dan, in order to put it in backwards, you have to change the output shafts, so if he hasn't shipped it yet, I would shoot him an email if you want to mount the tranny backwards.

[doo540]

http://204.186.93.64/Savage-DirectDrive.htm
Updated pics of the Kershaw gearbox.
Might be able to test drive this coming week.

[Janezki]

Yes! I got an e-mail that Dan has shipped me my transmission on friday.

[doo540]

Here are some pics of my brushless XL. I purchased another 3 speed so that I could play until Kershaw's direct drive shows up. I'm not sure which way I'm going to mount the direct drive at this moment. I want to keep my lipo inside the frame with plans of going to 6s this spring. The road rash on the body is from backflips at high speed. The wheelie bar helped some but not enough.
I did shim all the play out of this current 3 speed, minus the shifting gears. I'm not sure I could. Seems odd that the shifting gears have so much wobble to them on the clutches.

[mohanjude]

I too converted a Savage XL to brushless. In fact I kept the 3 speed transmission and installed reverse. I expected the weak link to be the reverse. Using Mechanical brakes I can do a stoppie on the truck. I am running it on 6S with MMM and 1515 1Y. I ordered Dan's Direct Drive gearbox 6 weeks ago and he has informed that he just shipped it to the UK. Not sure if I am going to take the current setup apart until it breaks. I will post a video of the truck and maybe some pictures. I scratched my pristine stock body so many times by flipping the truck over. If you hold the throttle while the truck is accelerating during gear change it will lunge and flip over. I have now learnt to ease the throttle slightly during gear change.

The battery has been temporalily fastened on top of the frames. I intend to mount to battery trays on the side frames.



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