Brake question please!

[Winndaddy]

I just bought me and my son each a Savage x 4.6. I have noticed while breaking them in that the brakes do not lock up and seem weak . I played with them but at full brake i can push the truck pretty easy. Could it be the nitro getting on the brake pads or are they not wore in yet? I owned a Hyper 7 once and that thing stopped. I can't imagined me trying to stop the truck at full speed like this.

 

[gnarkill]

Put a piece of silicon tubing on the throttle rod approx. the same length as the spring that is on it.

 

[ljrce]

yes put part of a fuel tube the size of the spring here is a pic of where your putting it its marked in red

 

[USMC-716]

I had that happen in the very beginning, i just had to charge up the receiver battery and it did the trick for me. Hasn't happened again.

 

[maximusraylius]

Weak breaks is the first sign of the batteries going dead. But a nice hump pack. Or rechargable batteries. Regular batteries don't last long at all.

 

[Shaun]

ya this is a normal occurence,the fuel tubing trick helps,also if your not running a hump pack yet it helps as well..Because when your runnin the aa batteries your only pumping out 4.8 volts to the servo but with the hump pack its 6 volts and it makes a difference..

 

[maximusraylius]

Weak batteries.

 

[sharkattack99]

i had that same problem i just tightened up the knob at the end of the brake rod. worked great for me, it i screwed it in to much and the thing flipped over @!# over tea kettle, lol.

 

[MikeK1981]

He never mentioned adjusting the thumb screw on the brake linkage. Start with that, then make sure your batteries are good. I use the SF-2 instead of the SF-1. It has double the torque rating and the brakes are incredible now. I have to dial them down just to keep the rear wheels on the ground LOL. I accidentally did the most awesome stoppie today, Hit the brakes too hard, the rear wheels came up really fast but by sheer chance I let off just at the right time so the truck didn't flip but was going like 20 mph for a couple seconds with the rear wheels almost vertical. It was awesome, if your into stunt bikes LOL.

 

[Winndaddy]

Thanks guys, my brake problem is no more! I installed a hump pack and put a piece of silicone tubing in place of the spring and now the rear in come off the ground, in fact, The truck did a endo twice.

 

[maximusraylius]

Good deal. But you should loosen the breaks just a bit so it don't do endows. Or lock the breaks up completely tillyou get used to feather breaking. That way you don't tear the front duff up from locking up the breaks. Just my oppinion. Bash on.