bashing!

[4x4]

i dont really know where to put this post but i went out bashing today and testing the new clutch from mega that i will right up on the review. all was good at first until i went in to this big open field. i notist that when i took my finger off the throttle it kept going. and when i say kept going i mean kept going at 40mph ish.i stuck the breaks on it slowed it down a bit but then thanks to the power of my axial .32 it snapped the break pad in half. so now i was with out breaks all i could do was turn. i drove it in large circles for a while until the throttle opend up more so i drove it in to a big pile of dirt about as tall as a fully grown man. some how probally thanks to the powere of the axial it went over the top of it and down the other side. finally it stopped when i drove it in to a bump about a foot high. i ran over to the car and stopped the engine. im now left with a snapped break pad and a black glow plug and piston head. is this a problem? how can i fix it? im a bit surprised that it only has that much damage. but the main thing is taht it was fun and i got a bit of informaiton that i will post along with pictures up on my clutch review. all of this happend because a screw that held the throttle linkage angle ting in place came loose. i did loc-tite it and all that but it still came loose.
hope you enjoyed my little story
thanks for reading
4x4

[Shaun]

man that sucks when that happens!! when i first bought mine i started it without turning on the radio:duh: it took off at mach 1 and wouldnt stop until i finally manage to flip it!! never did that again!! lol

[4x4]

lol hope mine runs next time! it worried me a bit really as im 14 and ive spent a lot on my savage. did you damage your car?
4x4

[savagecre]

My mach.26 had problems with glow plugs for a while not to mention me and a guy DOOBEEWHA who used to be on here would race a 100 yard oval track at the local school. Well the top of my piston became blackened by this type of driving I broke down the motor and used after run oil and 1500 sandpaper The wet or dry type cleaned up nicely it ran after that but we kept on racing this 100 yard oval. I have to say keeping your truck at full throttle for that amount of time is not good on the motors There too small to take that abuse.
If you take your motor down just remeber read and get it in your head first how to do it. if you need help just ask. and KEEP YOUR WORK AREA CLEAN. and all the parts give them a bath in carb or nitro cleaner. then light oil before installing them Wear white latex gloves when installing the clean parts .

Good luck.

[4x4]

thanks i may have a go. ive taken a few engines appart now so i know what im doing
thanks
4x4

[XXX]

Ouch, just shows the fact that anything that can happen...will happen. After a week wait after losing a servo for my steering, I finally got my new Hitec 645MG installed, and got back to running my beast. But little did I know at the time that I have torqued down the post for the Servo Saver to much and it burned up the new servo as well :duh: The little things that can kill a savage :stressed:

[4x4]

that must suck. is it going now?
thanks
4x4

[ShiftPoint]

I had that happen to me once. I had forced the wrong servo horn on my throttle servo (at that time I didnt know there were different ones and it fit it just had to be forced on, so I thought it was ok.)

well it wasnt ok, I dont know when it happened but it had to be right before I started it and test the radio conectionn. I usually hit the throttle and steering wheel before I start it, just out of habbit. I didnt notice that the horn stripped and when it went to its center postion the throttle at the carb was at fullly open. I put the roto start in and she opened up. Luckly I cought the bumper or the body post and was able to hold on to it. didnt have a rag near buy though so I called one of the neighbor kids over that had gathered to get one for me.

Bought the safte stop as soon as I got to the PC.

MNine didnt run long enough to cause any damage. Needless to say I made it a habbit to look at the carb and check over everything every time I start it now. some things you just can't plan for. like the saying goes "$h17" Happens"

[bwl2828]

looks like i will not buy one of them any more thanks for leting us know
thanks
blake

[4x4]

thanks
bwl2828 what will you not buy? if your talking about the engine the engines great it was the throttle linkage that caused the problem!
thanks for the reply
4x4