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I'm venturing to say that they are no longer manufacturing the Savage with the set screw being put in half-ass. So I think it will only be the first generation owners that eperienced this. Also, the uprights have been modified along with the turnbuckles.
As with ANYTHING brand new, changes are made. I'm just happy to hear that HPI is doing them QUICKLY.
Honestly, I dont know of any .21 or bigger that is easy to break in. Being nitro, you really need to have a complete understanding of break-in procedures. If for some reason you think or feel the idle is too high, then crank it down. No two engines will be tuned exactly the same way. Factory settings are just a baseline and can be changed.
At the bottom of this gallery you can see the Green Permatex with the tip extension that I used to lock that set screw in. There was absolutely no need to take the tranny apart using this. Patience and a little bit of common sense will allow you to do this without trashing anything.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/49865299/58964813iMRcbI
http://community.webshots.com/photo/49865299/58964867aCIqAx
http://community.webshots.com/photo/49865299/58964676HaQyjw
This works VERY well!
Last but not least, have some fine tip q-tips around or just trim down a regular q-tip in order to clean any spillage or extra off from inside the setscrew area. You dont want anything except the set screw to be lok-tite down.
-Chris
As with ANYTHING brand new, changes are made. I'm just happy to hear that HPI is doing them QUICKLY.
Honestly, I dont know of any .21 or bigger that is easy to break in. Being nitro, you really need to have a complete understanding of break-in procedures. If for some reason you think or feel the idle is too high, then crank it down. No two engines will be tuned exactly the same way. Factory settings are just a baseline and can be changed.
At the bottom of this gallery you can see the Green Permatex with the tip extension that I used to lock that set screw in. There was absolutely no need to take the tranny apart using this. Patience and a little bit of common sense will allow you to do this without trashing anything.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/49865299/58964813iMRcbI
http://community.webshots.com/photo/49865299/58964867aCIqAx
http://community.webshots.com/photo/49865299/58964676HaQyjw
This works VERY well!
Last but not least, have some fine tip q-tips around or just trim down a regular q-tip in order to clean any spillage or extra off from inside the setscrew area. You dont want anything except the set screw to be lok-tite down.
-Chris