Jack Cooper
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- Location
- Missouri
Hello everyone, I'm a novice to the hobby. although I have done a fair amount of research, I only have 2 years or so with the savage line. I also had an rc10t2 back in the day.
First a little history on my truck. I bought it used off eBay, in early spring, two year ago.
I ran the truck in some very cold weather and ruined the piston and sleeve running it too cold. Bought a new piston and sleeve, my baby was good to go. After a proper break in, I took the truck to the track, ran it 4 - 5 weekends with no problems. I mean I could run this thing three 4 tanks in a row 2-4 hrs a day. Then, one day the back plate came loose and it got dirt in it. Boom!! sleeve ruined. While disseminating the engine I stripped out a screw hole too!!! Got a new piston and sleeve, crankcase, crankshaft, button head heatsink.. Basically a whole new engine. Assembled it and while i was doing break in, around the 5th tank, the rear end started grinding. At that point I was ready to sell.
I was talking to a friend and he offered to sell me his savage flux hp. I decided to pick it up and use the savage x for parts.
So their my baby sat, dirty, neglected, waiting for the next part to be taken, until she was .... no more. (Insert sad violin music here)
that fall, i saw the dynamite .31 and i knew this would be my trucks resurrection! So, let the transformation begin!
My plan is to make a this truck a "cruiser" not a self queen, I want to be able to jump it and power slide around corners but no triple back flips at full throttle through the air. She is to be the perfect blend of beauty, durability and fun!
So, the parts I have so far.
The star of the show the dynamite .31 ahhhh what a beauty
Some losi lst xxl shocks I picked up used and broken. I need to rebuild these.
Next we have, all the plastic bits soaking in some soapy water. (Dawn)
Then all the screws n those bits
The transmission, electronics and metal bits I didn't want in water.
During the dismantling process i found the reason for the rear end grinding
That's a bearing!! LoL And while I was looking, the diff seemed a little loose so I took it apart to find it almost dry inside, with a damaged pin!! Oh!! The neglect!! Forgive me!!
So the first steps are to get all the plastic parts cleaned and dried, rebuild the diffs, get a complete set of bearings for her and wait for the other parts to arrive.
To be continued......
First a little history on my truck. I bought it used off eBay, in early spring, two year ago.
I ran the truck in some very cold weather and ruined the piston and sleeve running it too cold. Bought a new piston and sleeve, my baby was good to go. After a proper break in, I took the truck to the track, ran it 4 - 5 weekends with no problems. I mean I could run this thing three 4 tanks in a row 2-4 hrs a day. Then, one day the back plate came loose and it got dirt in it. Boom!! sleeve ruined. While disseminating the engine I stripped out a screw hole too!!! Got a new piston and sleeve, crankcase, crankshaft, button head heatsink.. Basically a whole new engine. Assembled it and while i was doing break in, around the 5th tank, the rear end started grinding. At that point I was ready to sell.
I was talking to a friend and he offered to sell me his savage flux hp. I decided to pick it up and use the savage x for parts.
So their my baby sat, dirty, neglected, waiting for the next part to be taken, until she was .... no more. (Insert sad violin music here)
that fall, i saw the dynamite .31 and i knew this would be my trucks resurrection! So, let the transformation begin!
My plan is to make a this truck a "cruiser" not a self queen, I want to be able to jump it and power slide around corners but no triple back flips at full throttle through the air. She is to be the perfect blend of beauty, durability and fun!
So, the parts I have so far.
The star of the show the dynamite .31 ahhhh what a beauty
Some losi lst xxl shocks I picked up used and broken. I need to rebuild these.
Next we have, all the plastic bits soaking in some soapy water. (Dawn)
Then all the screws n those bits
The transmission, electronics and metal bits I didn't want in water.
During the dismantling process i found the reason for the rear end grinding
That's a bearing!! LoL And while I was looking, the diff seemed a little loose so I took it apart to find it almost dry inside, with a damaged pin!! Oh!! The neglect!! Forgive me!!
So the first steps are to get all the plastic parts cleaned and dried, rebuild the diffs, get a complete set of bearings for her and wait for the other parts to arrive.
To be continued......