Converted my Savage to BL finally!

[Savage03]

Like to order a pinion gear soon so need some gearing suggestions and which pinions? See theirs a couple different kinds mod 1 and whatnot.

[Savage03]

OK been at this for at least the last 2hrs now and im no where better off, new pinion and spur and ive tried setting it with different mesh and no matter where its set it makes this horrible sound, took a small clip so you can hear it.
Hope some of you will chime in not sure why I cant get replies, got the best place on the net far as im concerned for setting up BL stuff
I also pulled the motor away from the spur and it will roll just fine with no odd sounds just when the motor is meshed up to the spur. Thinking it was the pinions but I havnet got a real clear answer on that, I see most are using the metal spurs so not sure if I need that but I saw a couple say they are using the plastic ones so guess its possible.
I am at a loss at this point, hoping to run it tomorrow
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v1...t=625d50a8.flv

[Savage03]

Got the body mounted and tires back on, looks good to me.

nice savy!

someone else may chime in with gearing options for you - i'm not one to recommend such things -lol- If you go to the steel spur/pinion combo, make sure you are running hardened pinions...

Also with that 3speed, adjust the points to shift far later than a nitro, as with my LST, brushless rips through the gears much quicker and with a bit more brutality to it - and watch for the big 'CLUNK' as it grabs hold of the next gear -lol-

[Savage03]

I see some use a bec from castle, do I need this also? Just realized after locking the tranny into second I wont need the manual brakes so I can now remove the brake servo.
I have read some were worried about the servo plate and only having the 2 screws holding it in place, after looking I to would be a little concerned but I have very simple fix, something FLM should have looked at I think. Take a crossbar that you use between your tvps and you will have to make holes to match on the servo plate then lay it on top of the plate and it will screw into the plate since the holes are threaded, then you will need to drill a hole on each side of the tvps and there you go nice and strong. I will get some pics that will show it much better its bedtime.

[Savage03]

Think im talking to myself lately
Here is the pic of what I did, had a fancy brace laying around, just need to drill some holes for the side.

[dirt101]

I personally dont think your going to like the 3 speed. On my erevo I thought I would like it but It was really kind of a pain. I ended up keeping it a 2 speed but I geared it tall enough to where I could use 1st for most all my driving and I just had 2nd as an overdrive. I was pretty much forced to let off as it was shifting becuase when it shifts it shifts hard and will most likely lay you on your back if you have good batteries.

sweet truck though. I love the tires/wheels/and body.

[Ryu James]

super sweet truck!! great work!

[jhautz]

Originally Posted by Savage03

Thinking about a metal spur to, opinions?

I tried metal and the stock plastic. The metal was hard on pinions for me. Even the extra hard pinions still wore on me. Probably had something to do with the 13+ lb weight of the truck. The plastic sprs constantly stripped on me. Then somone pointed out the delrin spur gears that are available for the savage. Cant remember who makes them (GPM I think), but just do a search for delrin savage spur and it should turn up. Havent had a single issue since. The delrin spurs are the way to go IMO.


Oh yea... Sweet truck. :)

[Savage03]

Mailman brought me a surprise today, my monster showed. Man this thing is huge, totally badass. Now someone in another post said to get mod 1 pinions so I did and im curious it sounds horrible next to the plastic spur, I got 2 novak hard pinions, mod1 for sure right? Hope so at $10 a pop hate to be stuck with them.

[Savage03]

Hey guys I really need some help here, $10 gear down the toilet and that was just running off the ground! What gives? Wrong kind of gear? DO I need the metal spur?

[BL_RV0]

It looks like you had it too tightly meshed.

[Savage03]

I had it to wher their a little play. So mod1 is right then? That was a 16t I bought a15 also but now im afraid to put it on, these are the novak hardened ones to

I cant view the vid - my connection playing up lately...
Maybe the pinions you have are not actually mod1 pinions?? I was sent some .8mod pinions that were sounding just like what you are describing...
Either that, or you have the mesh set too close or far apart... the pinions/spur gears should be smooth when rolling... Maybe order a pinion from the rc-monster store? i know it's another cost - but you will always use them =)

I noticed you mention it before, but it's probably not a good idea to rev with the wheels off the ground... You are better off pushing the truck along the ground to test the mesh if that's what you are trying to achieve =)

I like your servo plate brace btw... if i have any problems, i'll be adding one for sure =)