Project: Savage Flux 5T

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by thzero

Well after having broken a number of the Savage XL axles at the start of the threads (See below) I got some "custom axles" made to use the standard Baja 5B 24mm hubs. The 5B hubs are 12mm, instead of the 8mm for the Savage X/XL axles, and they use a 4mm pin.



So essentially I got a new pin hole bored in the axle, and a spacer made (8mm ID and 12mm OD).

Here are the seperate parts..



Partially put together


Complete assembly and comparison shot.



This has lost me about 6mm on the XL width (3mm on each side). Not too bad of tradeoff for what seem like a bit sturdier solution.

Given your experience with std savvy hex adapter failures, and your mod to allow baja adapter I wonder what you think about having 8mm axles in a savage?

Looks like the small stock hpi pin casue the failures on the hex adapters. Just not enough material and the slot wanted to cam off the pin the whole time it was under load.

I see the setup you have now as much better, as long as the xl axles will survive.

I plan to use an 8mm truggy style setup, and hope it will last better under power.

Any thoughts on this?