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    FastEddy Bearings HPI Savage XS Sealed Bearing Kit Now available

    Haha Yea! (constructive criticism) I don't doubt I'll buy many more bearings from here, so happy with them.
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    FastEddy Bearings HPI Savage XS Sealed Bearing Kit Now available

    Just got my bearings in the mail. Shipped to Western Australia, for a good price. The price of the kit it's self is excellent! I was quoted $4 Aussie dollars each for 11x5s from a bearing shop. First impressions of the kit : bearings look very very nice and roll sweet. They come in a great...
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    SAVAGE XS CVD axles

    If u want to lube em up, use a dry lubricant. Silicon spray is good, and the other is graphite powder. Dry lubricants don't get sand and junk stuck in the cv's like grease and oil would.
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    SAVAGE XS CVD axles

    If the cvds brake again I would suggest u buy a drill bit the same diameter and cut the shank off, and use that as a drive pin. That's what I've done in my Axel hexes (thats: use the shank of the drill bit, not the spiral flute section)
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    Upgrades and custom parts on my savage xs!!

    Another easy free mod. To avoid motor wires getting cut up from the body mount pins. U can either simply turn the body pins around. Or you can take the cross brace off the top of the esc mount, unstick the esc and turn it around. I have a feeling this is how it was designed to be but hpi changed...
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    Upgrades and custom parts on my savage xs!!

    Easy mods for the savage xs: First of all. If your running your truck at a skate park or even in the street nodoubt there will be some poles or posts around. A vulnerable spot on the truck is the front shocks. This is easy fixed by moving the shocks to mount on the back of the arm. It's a tight...
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    Upgrades and custom parts on my savage xs!!

    This post about how I have found the truck in the months I've had it: I drive this as a basher, and I beat up on it a bit! It takes heaps of beatings, such as; Landing square on its roof from 15ft Landing on concrete, on one tire, from 10ft, after exiting a skate park bowl. Driving flat out...
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    Upgrades and custom parts on my savage xs!!

    I've begun to make an external roll cage, using my old body as a template. It's not mega flash but it should help keep my new body looking good.
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    Upgrades and custom parts on my savage xs!!

    Hi ehere I'll py thread of my xs. I'll try to include as many pics as possible :) I've had the truck for a few months, probably run about 30 packs thru it. It's needed some maintenance over that time, mainly Axel issues. I'll put another post up about axels (in this thread) Love the truck to...
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    FastEddy Bearings HPI Savage XS Sealed Bearing Kit Now available

    I have bought a set of these, will post how they go on this thread. Will be comparing them to unsealed bearings and sealed bearings from my local hobby shop that are aud$2.40 each
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    new shocks

    Keen to hear how they perform, and what oil you used. Also how they go with big hits and flat landings. I've just bought some from the internet, so keen!
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