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Integy is junk. Your stock disc and pads could probably use a light sanding. Works best if you lay the sand paper on a flat surface and move the disc around, rotating it so that you sand it even. You can clearly see what's going on once you get started. Use fine grit sand paper. Then just lightly sand the pads the same way, but just enough to remove any glazing.
 
i had those steal ones, they work great the first couple tanks, then they start warping and chipping and once they do that they grab.
stick with the stock x or xl breaks
 
As Olds97 mentioned, the fix depends upon which Savage you have - or what's on your Savage...

I hated the fiber brakes on mine until I swapped out the original brake/throttle servo (which was an HPI SF-1).
Before servo swap, the brakes would barely stop the truck and beyond that they faded.
It sucked.
After servo swap, I'm very happy with HPI's single fiber disk set-up - although I wouldn't turn down a dual fiber disk arrangement. lol
If anything, I have to dial out servo travel unless I'm looking to lock up the tires on purpose...
 
olds97_lss said:
Depending on what savage you have, I've been having really good luck with the XL brakes. Dual fiber disk. Requires a new hex/hub though as well. Can usually find them on ebay for pretty cheap.

Ebay 170428175906 $14 shipped
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I have a set of these still in the pack.

I did the following, and I have to be careful if I run on pavement not to brake too hard, or I flip the truck over (keep in mind, I have all the stock servos with 1600 mah receiver pack)

1) Make sure the screws that hold the pads in place were tight
2) Cleaned the pads with Nitro cleaner & then scuffed the best I could with a light sandpaper while on the truck - sprayed with nitrocleaner again
3) Installed an exhaust diverter so there was no chance of oil blowback on the brakes
4) Installed an RPM skid center skid plate - this helped keep the disks a bit cleaner (just a bit)

I know a lot of people do the fuel line trick instead of the spring, but like I said, with the stock set up & the items listes above, I can roll the truck back over front if I get on the brakes too hard.

I will use them though, since I have them once the stock ones need replacing though
 
I have the dual fiber brakes from an XL and they work great with a 170oz servo. I can do front flip....Um....even when I don't want to sometimes. I had to reset the end point on the servo just to keep the truck from flipping everytime. The steel were ok when I had them but I really like the the XL fibers.
 

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