Gazzman
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Ok, got a stock savage 25 which will chew up a one way bearing in seconds. It uses a roto start which has worked fine for the last 5 years then the other week the bearing starting slipping, took it out to clean it and a couple of the rollers fell out so got on eBay and purchased 5 new ones. Put one in put the mill back in the truck and tried to start it, it does take a few cranks on the roto start to fire up but after 5 or 6 goes the new bearing started to slip. Took it out and the plastic insert which hold the needles had broken up. put another new bearing in and same thing happened. It's now done this 4 times on the trot. The engine has good compression but is not unduly tight. I have had it apart cleaned and checked it. The starter shaft look good but have order a new one just in case. I am thinking of ordering a genuine HPI one way bearing but they are well pricey at around £15-18 each. Are they of a higher quality and if so in what way? I know you get what you pay for but what the difference be for the extra money.