James Spicer
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Hi, I have just bought a Savage XL second hand from a friend. It was owned and converted from a standard car to an XL chassis (we think) by a guy that works in a model shop near us. My friend only had it two weeks and then bought a Baja so I bought this from him. The car looks almost new and is in shelf Queen condition but I am having problems.
The main thing is the drive shafts (or dog bones), there seems to be a large amount of play in them and they seem too short.
I have purchased a manual and measured them. The overall length is 130mm and 123mm from the sticky out parts end to end which is the measurement that matches part no:86246 in the XL manual so maybe they are right??
The front's have so much play one is popping out on full steering lock and it has chewed and damaged the end of the axle. I went to a model shop yesterday and he coiled up some fuel line and put it in the axle for me but it fell out after five minutes
I went to another model shop today and he just shrugged his shoulders and agreed there is a lot of play.
Has anyone got any ideas?? I have only had this car a week and have not been able to use it properly yet so any help would be much appreciated.
Cheers
James
The main thing is the drive shafts (or dog bones), there seems to be a large amount of play in them and they seem too short.
I have purchased a manual and measured them. The overall length is 130mm and 123mm from the sticky out parts end to end which is the measurement that matches part no:86246 in the XL manual so maybe they are right??
The front's have so much play one is popping out on full steering lock and it has chewed and damaged the end of the axle. I went to a model shop yesterday and he coiled up some fuel line and put it in the axle for me but it fell out after five minutes
I went to another model shop today and he just shrugged his shoulders and agreed there is a lot of play.
Has anyone got any ideas?? I have only had this car a week and have not been able to use it properly yet so any help would be much appreciated.
Cheers
James
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