lpa12threh

Ok so me and my cousin have been having trouble with the pull starts on our Savage X SS'. It doesn't seem to be gripping the crankshaft. Mine works on and off, but my cousin took apart his pull starter, re built it, and used brake cleaner to get ride of the lube in the one way bearing. He put it all back together and it worked awsome. Ten minutes later we arrived at the ball diamond and tried to fire em up and both of them did the same thing as before and would get barely any resistance with the pull start. It worked after like 5 minutes of pulling but this has been a constant issue for us. We didn't see anything wrong with the pull starter when it was un-assembled, plus the break cleaner should have gotton rid of any lube.

Any one have any ideas of what might be the problem.

DavidKirkbride

i suggest you do the following

- check youre backplate..
- soak youre OWB in wd40 or alcohol
- open ure pullstart see if theres anything there that shouldnt be
- or purchase another starting system.

lpa12threh

what am i checking the backplate for?

I am not inclined with engines.

benzzyo5

are you using a high nitro oil content, like 16% that can cause the ebaring t keep slipping, try to go down to about 12. and clean the one way

lpa12threh

hell im using 20% nitro

did you mean 16% oil?

Johnny1500

ya, he's talking about the oil content. that could be your prob

lpa12threh

hmm the can says 20% nitro formula 16 car fuel

who knows if the 16 is oil content i will check on the net

it is PowerMaster (the company that makes Top Fuel)

So maybe you are right because Top Fuel has a high oil content eh?

nextalcupfan

insted of worryin just switch to byrons or o'donnels. ive seen people use others successfully but i see thsese 2 the most.
i personally use byrons 20%

BicketyBam

I use Byrons 20% race and mine is slipping on my Axial.

lpa12threh

well if it is the fuel, then i have another 1.5 galons to go before i can switch

benzzyo5

traxxas has high oil contnet fuel, i use byrons raace blend and i never have problems with it