E-Savage Diffs
01-25-2007, 11:04 AM
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E-Savage Diffs
Anybody else having troubles with their diffs for the E-Savage? I broke the shaft on the rear diff on my 3rd time out, just got it fixed, then the next time out broke one on the front. It wasn't like these were big crashes or anything. It seems the same thing happened in the RC Car Action review. Any suggestions beyond just replacing with stock replacement parts? Will replacing the stock grease with something else help? I'm new to this so details will be appreciated.
01-25-2007, 12:06 PM
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RE: E-Savage Diffs
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Anybody else having troubles with their diffs for the E-Savage? I broke the shaft on the rear diff on my 3rd time out, just got it fixed, then the next time out broke one on the front. It wasn't like these were big crashes or anything. It seems the same thing happened in the RC Car Action review. Any suggestions beyond just replacing with stock replacement parts? Will replacing the stock grease with something else help? I'm new to this so details will be appreciated.
Anybody else having troubles with their diffs for the E-Savage? I broke the shaft on the rear diff on my 3rd time out, just got it fixed, then the next time out broke one on the front. It wasn't like these were big crashes or anything. It seems the same thing happened in the RC Car Action review. Any suggestions beyond just replacing with stock replacement parts? Will replacing the stock grease with something else help? I'm new to this so details will be appreciated.
01-25-2007, 01:49 PM
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RE: E-Savage Diffs
The E's diffs only have 2 spiders right? This makes for a pretty weak differential unit. This is the same problem nitro Savage owners went through until HPI released the 4 spider diffs. If enough people complain to HPI about this, they'll likely come out with a 4 gear upgrade for the E as well.
01-25-2007, 03:17 PM
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RE: E-Savage Diffs
Yes -- only 2 spiders. On top of that I guess the width of 5mm makes them weaker and so is a problem. I also posted this on the E-Savage forum and got similar responses there -- with a possible conversion to T/E-Maxx parts sounding like a reasonable possibility.
