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Old 02-15-2005, 11:56 AM
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hi,i have a savage ss and just finished break in and started tuning and noticed a problem! at hight speed passes and after the second speed i hear a noice like the truck wants to change another gear! as i lean the mixture the noice comes closer to the changing of the gear ang when i rich the mixture it makes the noice later! some times it doesn't do it !
what do you think the problem is ?
what should i do?
Old 02-15-2005, 12:39 PM
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Not sure what this is.........if its shifting for 1st to 2nd dont worry about it...........

Have fun
Old 02-15-2005, 01:42 PM
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it sounds like this :iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii"s econd gear"IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii IIIIIIIIIIIIIiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii and i think i saw the front of the truck going a bit down as it does this sound str.sound
at the begining i thought that something was wrong with the asphalt that i was breaking in like a stone or a hole in it.
at dirt no problem everything works super!
Old 02-15-2005, 01:45 PM
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also on my revo the front right wheel is jumping at high speed,do you have any clues about it?
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So your having problems at WOT.............try and richen it a little bit on the HSN and try that.
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ORIGINAL: grecospad

also on my revo the front right wheel is jumping at high speed,do you have any clues about it?
Could be out of oil in that shock...........
Old 02-15-2005, 02:06 PM
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what does WOT mean?
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WIDE OPEN THROTTLE..........
Old 02-15-2005, 04:18 PM
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That sounds like a mistuned LSN. The engine is hesitating when the HSN is about to take over completely. Try to richen your LSN about 1/8 of a turn. That should do it for you.[8D]
Old 02-16-2005, 03:48 AM
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thank you guys i'll try it this afternoon if the weather is good!

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