thesmilingpirate
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It's been an eventful week in Savage land but in the end it was all worth it. It started on a beautiful afternoon last week when I was getting the truck ready to show my 2 year old son (getting him started early).
The hump pack was charged, the fuel tank was full, all sytems were go and the cord on the pull start snapped on the third pull. After benching the truck to pull the engine so I could replace the pull start, it was time to try this again. This time, it was just me. I wanted to make sure there weren't any issues. No need to upset the little guy again. Well, let's just say I blew up the stock steering servo. Back to the bench again. Opened the stock steering servo only to find gear pieces falling out in my hand.
So it was off to hpisfgreen for a while to see what the experts were saying about replacement steering servo's.
I'm happy to say that after reading numerous suggestions regarding the HiTech HS-5645MG Digital Servo on HPISF, I decided to go with it and I couldn't be happier. Aside from the radio box being a bit snug to work in, the install was painless. I plan on donating my blown stock SF-2 to research so they can determine why they are made like bad word
Anyway, ran a tank full through this morning and all is well again in Savage land. The steering was rock solid.
Let's hope when the little guy gets home later it's still running.
By the way fellas, if you have a son, not a bad way to get yourself an upgraded truck. When your son is old enough, tell the wife you've passed down the one you've been using to your son and get yourself a new one because it's no fun when someone has to watch.
The hump pack was charged, the fuel tank was full, all sytems were go and the cord on the pull start snapped on the third pull. After benching the truck to pull the engine so I could replace the pull start, it was time to try this again. This time, it was just me. I wanted to make sure there weren't any issues. No need to upset the little guy again. Well, let's just say I blew up the stock steering servo. Back to the bench again. Opened the stock steering servo only to find gear pieces falling out in my hand.
So it was off to hpisfgreen for a while to see what the experts were saying about replacement steering servo's.
I'm happy to say that after reading numerous suggestions regarding the HiTech HS-5645MG Digital Servo on HPISF, I decided to go with it and I couldn't be happier. Aside from the radio box being a bit snug to work in, the install was painless. I plan on donating my blown stock SF-2 to research so they can determine why they are made like bad word
Anyway, ran a tank full through this morning and all is well again in Savage land. The steering was rock solid.
Let's hope when the little guy gets home later it's still running.
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