What's up everyone. I had bought a Savage x 4.6 a few weeks back and all had been Ok until today. I was driving it around not bashing or anything and all the sudden lost steering. If I move the wheels they turn freely as if the servo was turned off. If I turn the wheel on the radio and try to turn the wheels I feel resistance but they won't turn on their own. So does that sound like a burned out servo?
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Servo dead?
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If I'm understanding you correctly, when you manually turn the wheels it is fine but when you attempt to do so with your remote they don't move? If that is so there are a couple of possibilities. Your servo "could" be bad. Are you attempting to turn the wheels with the remote with the wheels on the ground? if so lift the truck up and see if they move with no resistance on them. If they move the servo is fine, but your steering servo saver is likely loose.
You see the nut just below the spring? Tighten that up all the way.
You see the nut just below the spring? Tighten that up all the way.
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I did try it with the truck off the ground and they to not turn from the remote. But they turn fine by hand. I'm just trying to figure out how a 2 week old servo goes dead with very little bashing and ran it about 4 times.If I'm understanding you correctly, when you manually turn the wheels it is fine but when you attempt to do so with your remote they don't move? If that is so there are a couple of possibilities. Your servo "could" be bad. Are you attempting to turn the wheels with the remote with the wheels on the ground? if so lift the truck up and see if they move with no resistance on them. If they move the servo is fine, but your steering servo saver is likely loose.
You see the nut just below the spring? Tighten that up all the way.
HPI's customer service tends to be pretty good.
One more thing before you completely write off the servo, because there is the possibility that the receiver could be at issue as well. Swap the steering servo's harness with the throttle/brake servo's harness on your receiver. If it then works then the receiver is your issue. (note: when you do that the throttle on your remote will now activate the steering)
One more thing before you completely write off the servo, because there is the possibility that the receiver could be at issue as well. Swap the steering servo's harness with the throttle/brake servo's harness on your receiver. If it then works then the receiver is your issue. (note: when you do that the throttle on your remote will now activate the steering)
