yup its done for, all part of the hobby right :) Almost got it running with the 21 motor today. Got it installed and started, but it died while warming up, and then the glow starter was dead. Should be able to run it a bit tomorrow though.
Well, Thanksgiving weekend was not so good to my Savage. The .46 motor bit the dust. It was not running well at all that day, killing glow plugs, then the motor seized. I finally got around to tearing it down today. Here are some pics. Looks like one of the main bearings failed. The cage...
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MDG, yes motors this big have huge torque. I stripped out the drive hubs on the stock wheels. I have now upgraded the hub adapters to 23mm hexes. I would have gone with 17mm, but my LHS had 23mm ones in the discount bin, so I picked those up. I shouldn't have to worry...
Sorry, just started cruising this forum. The motor has good power, but is a pain to tune. Mine is just getting broken in really. Remember to loosen up the glow plug a bit when you try to start it if it is a freash motor. Mine was damn near impossible to start in the beginning. I had lots of...
I have that motor in my Savage, you can actually bolt the pull start and OWB from the 21 onto it. I had to do this with mine, when the rope on the stock pullstart broke.