Savage XL bulkhead?

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Savagebeast93

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Hi,

I have a question about the savage XL bulkhead.

Are the front and rear differential cases the bulkheads? I am looking for aluminium bulkheads for my savage to improve durability since I have back and front aluminium wishbones/suspension set up. I know it seems really noobish but I can't figure out if there is an actual bulk head underneath the casing or is that the bulkhead itself
?!

Cheers
 
The diff case and the bulkhead are one piece. On the older 25 on down to the 21 savage, there were two bulkhead pieces and diff case/gear box pieces.
Old: http://www.hpiracing.com/en/part/85045

Technically, 4 pieces, but the bulkhead/diff case were 2 sets of pieces.

X, flux on up to XL: http://www.hpiracing.com/en/part/85235
Still 2 pieces, but it's a front piece everything bolts to and the diff cover so you can remove the diff from the front/rear without removing the entire assembly from the truck.
 
Thanks for the info. Really helpful. I am also looking for a replacement clutch bell at the moment, but the only ones I can seem to find are 13t (the heavy duty hpi ones made specially for the XL) would I be able to fit another clutch bell on? I’ve only just got my savage and I absolutely love it :( I have it in full working order right now but sooner or later something is gonna give. Any clutch bells you could recommend? Cheers
 
You can use other bells. I used to run OFNA hardenend bells all the time as they would last forever. The last one I bought for my savage was a tekno hardened 15 or 16T, can't recall. It's holding up ok to the HPI steel spur I run.

Probably a good idea to get some 5mm shims. I use a mix of traxxas teflon 5x8mm washers and steel shims to get the bells shimmed right. The teflon washers are thick to take up a lot of space. Then a steel shim against the bearing and against the screw to fine tune it.
 
You can use other bells. I used to run OFNA hardenend bells all the time as they would last forever. The last one I bought for my savage was a tekno hardened 15 or 16T, can't recall. It's holding up ok to the HPI steel spur I run.

Probably a good idea to get some 5mm shims. I use a mix of traxxas teflon 5x8mm washers and steel shims to get the bells shimmed right. The teflon washers are thick to take up a lot of space. Then a steel shim against the bearing and against the screw to fine tune it.
Awesome. Thank you very much ?
 
Yeah, was tekno: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003DKMMDM

I will say though, it's not holding up as well as the OFNA ones I used to run. You might be better served to try robinson racing hardened bells.

http://www.robinsonracing.com/catalog/catalog.html
7014Savage 2.1 thru 5.9 XL - 14 Tooth Extra-Hard Steel Clutchbell$19.95
7015Savage 2.1 thru 5.9 XL - 15 Tooth Extra-Hard Steel Clutchbell$19.95
7016Savage 2.1 thru 5.9 XL - 16 tooth Extra-Hard Steel Clutchbell$19.95
7017Savage 2.1 thru 5.9 XL - 17 Tooth Extra-Hard Steel Clutchbell$19.95
7018Savage 2.1 thru 5.9 XL - 18 Tooth Extra-Hard Steel Clutchbell$19.95
7019Savage 2.1 thru 5.9 XL - 19 Tooth Extra-Hard Steel Clutchbell$19.95

I was only running the 15T because I was trying to run a set of trencher 3.8's on it, but was having a hard time with tune. 99% sure the tuning issue was due to my lack of ability combined with the pipe I was running and the tires were just exacerbating the issue.
 
Thanks for that. I can’t seem to buy anything from the RR site though? Do they ship to the UK? I don’t mind buying things from the US but they always get hit with import tax which is a ball ache. I just wish there were more UK available parts. Nitro seems so much more well catered for in the states!
 
Thanks for that. I can’t seem to buy anything from the RR site though? Do they ship to the UK? I don’t mind buying things from the US but they always get hit with import tax which is a ball ache. I just wish there were more UK available parts. Nitro seems so much more well catered for in the states!



You can find RRP bells and spur gears on E Bay UK..... Thing about this stuff is yes it costs, Nitro has ALWAYS been on the spendy side of this hobby.......


https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=Robinson+Racing+Savage+&_sacat=0
 

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