icecreamslick

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My Savage LE lost most of power to the rear end. It got worse and worse until it started pulling to the left big time. As it turns out, the hex had started slipping until it eventually stripped the wheel out completely. [] This is the first time that I have ever stripped out a wheel. Is that common with your Savage? What is the solution?

I'm sure that aluminum wheels would solve the problem, but I don't want to put out that kind of money, right now. It seems that I am now in the market for another set of plastic rims.....do some wheels tend to strip easier than others? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks!
Jason

JayC1968

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Just make sure your wheel nuts are real tight and you should be fine. The main reason a wheel hex strips is loose wheel nuts. A little lock-tite can't hurt either.

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they only strip if you dont have them on tight or go loose. Ive read guys using jb weld to fix stripped ones.

icecreamslick

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I'm sure you're right, but in this case, I was using the "knock-off" hubs and I put them on with RED Loctite because they would work loose, otherwise. They were on so tight that I had to ruin them with pliers in order to get them off to look at the hexes.

It could be that the wheel had had a weak point......or two.

Jason

dracy69

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you can get some of hpi's 17mm hubs (and some warlock rims or dish rims) or go with pro-lines 23mm. hpi should release quite a bit of 17mm rims this year and some companies are bound to tag along. you can get the savage x hubs that will fit onto a stock savage 25 or LE or 21 or SS or SS 4.6 or 3.5 (lol) or you can get the more expensive conversion kits that will be more durable and nicer looking in most cases. usually tightening and normally checking the nuts will prevent this. i had it happen once. some hot bodies hd hexes and rpm clawz rims held up great but im running 17mm nubz on mt 25 and i have an x and the 17mm seem to hold up great.

Dawman

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a loose wheel nut causes that . Check your truck before you run everytime .