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06-24-2009, 08:56 AM

Shave the off plastic in all the places I point to

-Top of the knuckles
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h152/Enjoi_LAX/HPISF%20Thread%20Pics/DSC03201.jpg
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h152/Enjoi_LAX/HPISF%20Thread%20Pics/DSC03203.jpg

-Shave both sides of the carriers.
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h152/Enjoi_LAX/HPISF%20Thread%20Pics/DSC03205.jpg
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h152/Enjoi_LAX/HPISF%20Thread%20Pics/DSC03206.jpg

-Next shave both sides of the knuckles.
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h152/Enjoi_LAX/HPISF%20Thread%20Pics/DSC03210.jpg
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h152/Enjoi_LAX/HPISF%20Thread%20Pics/DSC03211.jpg
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h152/Enjoi_LAX/HPISF%20Thread%20Pics/DSC03212.jpg
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h152/Enjoi_LAX/HPISF%20Thread%20Pics/DSC03213.jpg

Once the plastic is shaved off you will have a better turning radius and your savage will feel like a different truck. Compare your stock carriers and knuckles to my modded ones and you will see the difference. This is an easy effective mod that will make a big difference in the handling of your truck.

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h152/Enjoi_LAX/HPISF%20Thread%20Pics/DSC03215-1.jpg

Bankrupter

06-24-2009, 09:06 AM

FX this is here already, is it not ? I have seen these pics b4 I think

AZN dubs

06-24-2009, 09:11 AM

well either way, its always good to have on hand :). people ask about this simple mod all the time, but they are never sure exactly what to shave down.

06-24-2009, 09:16 AM

FX this is here already, is it not ? I have seen these pics b4 I think

Yeah I posted this in someone's thread over a year ago. It took me about 25 mins to find the thread so I just made my own thread so it's easier for people to find.

AllanQ

06-24-2009, 09:21 AM

not trying to stick my nose in this, but it in this section along with almost all the other how-to's...
http://www.hpisavageforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4161

martin34

10-10-2009, 10:00 AM

Silly question time but i noticed that the knuckles are different to my xl ones.Do i do the same to my xl ones as in your pics?

Pope

10-10-2009, 10:37 AM

yep yours looks diffrent because his pics are all post mod. His looked just like yours before he started.

martin34

10-10-2009, 11:00 AM

yep yours looks diffrent because his pics are all post mod. His looked just like yours before he started.

Thanks pope.I am doing mine now.

farmawi

11-16-2009, 12:35 PM

just got this mod in my savy.....
thanks for posting Fx....

Hypnotiq

11-16-2009, 01:26 PM

clicks my siq!! I love this and the shock mod!

ryan86

07-03-2010, 10:13 AM

Silly question time but i noticed that the knuckles are different to my xl ones.Do i do the same to my xl ones as in your pics?

My xl knuckles look different too. I dont think it will matter, but yeah, they are slightly different. One difference is, If you look at the outter bearing on fx's knuckles, above and below it there is 2 supports:

\ /
.O <---- Outter bearing
/ \

On my xl there is 4 either side.

\ll/
.O <---- Outter bearing
/ll\

Would have taken a pic but no camera with me. Probably makes no difference with the mod but yeah martin, they are different

ryan86

07-03-2010, 12:36 PM

There are some more tabs on the xl knuckles that need to be taken off. When i get home from night shift i will take a pic or 2

ryan86

07-03-2010, 12:38 PM

Sorry, i meant the carriers, the xl carriers are a little different aswell. Only one or two extras tabs to be cut. Pic later

07-03-2010, 05:53 PM

Cool ryan feel free to post em up.

ryan86

07-04-2010, 09:21 AM

Here are the pics of my knuckles and carriers. Just a bit of extra shaving. I guess they did this to make them stronger but they only get in the way with this mod

http://i820.photobucket.com/albums/zz121/ryan_86/DSC_1957.jpg

http://i820.photobucket.com/albums/zz121/ryan_86/DSC_1959.jpg

http://i820.photobucket.com/albums/zz121/ryan_86/DSC_1968.jpg

ryan86

07-04-2010, 09:24 AM

Forgot to mention that you still need to shave where fx said these are just extra spots for newer style knuckles. I just looked and saw where needed to be shaved,

MikeK1981

07-04-2010, 12:30 PM

I did this mod to my knuckles and carriers and didn't see a ton of improvement on my XL's steering. A little but not a lot. This mod is free, but the RSC is probably a much better upgrade.

07-05-2010, 10:32 AM

I did this mod to my knuckles and carriers and didn't see a ton of improvement on my XL's steering. A little but not a lot. This mod is free, but the RSC is probably a much better upgrade.

Not sure how different the XL hubs are to the stock ones but maybe you didn't shave enough off. RSC is better but this is free.

punisher

03-23-2011, 03:37 PM

is there a kit i can buy that allready alows me a better turning radius like aluminum carriers and knuckles ?

nitrobasher

04-09-2011, 10:22 AM

I did this mod a few weeks ago. Every once in a while my front dogbones are popping out of the cups on the wheel side. Hopefully I didn't shave too much off.

300m

05-31-2011, 08:11 PM

Ive been working on this mod on my XL for a little while now.
Did the stuff on the first page a couple hours ago, put it all back together then viewed the second page and saw the trim instructions for the newer parts.

thesmilingpirate

05-31-2011, 08:22 PM

not trying to stick my nose in this, but it in this section along with almost all the other how-to's...
http://www.hpisavageforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4161

I did a similar mod a while back using Jason's thread and was very happy with the results

http://www.hpisavageforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4022