Damages and ...

[SkyMaxx]

Woke up the neighbors. Nothing like nitro at 11 o'clock in the evening. Just couldn't wait until tomorrow to verify that I had corrected my Savage's issues. Which, by the way, I did.

So what was wrong with it? Well, I thouhgt I had bent it. Tore up a spur gear during my last bash session. Since my rig is pretty tight, that meant I either bent it or broke something holding the engine in place. As it turns out, I did neither. There are four screws that hold the engine's mounting plate to two cross members. Those screws had backed themselves out. This removed the rigidity of those cross members and my Hyper 21 8-Port was able to overtorque the mounting plate and pull away from the spur gear. Long story shortened. Replaced spur gear, tightened all screws and re-applied some loctite, fired her up and terrorized my sleeping neighbors for a few minutes.

Here's what the spur gear looked like:

Here's a comparison shot used and abused on the left, new on the right:

And here's what Pirata referred to as Goliath, my new glo-ignitor. Not really portable, but it lights off every time:

 

[robriguez]

I've got the same battery for my ignitor. I soldered some aligator clips onto the end of the wires so its easier and faster to connect/disconnect the leads.

Why not just upgrade to a steel spur gear. Would you say its better to just replace the plastic ones?

 

[SkyMaxx]

If I could find a steel one to replace it with, I would. As it were, the new spur was supplied to me by Pirata. Part of our parts sharing plan. We keep each other running when we break things during a bash. Anyway, he gave that one to me.

When RRP or someone comes out with a better spur gear, I'll get one. Until then, $4 is cheap (replacement cost of a plastic spur...in this case mine was free )

 

[JaReD116]

must be nice to be able to wake up the neighbors late at night. I live in the country and my closest neighbor is about a half mile away i can always wake up my parents though!! That glow starter is huge lol!! and i thought the one i had that takes a "D" battery was big.

 

[FastEddy]

Got your $$ worth out of that one. I'm glad you found the issue and corrected it without an other trip to the LHS.

This should be a lesson to the newer people in the hobby, Look at **why** a part broke don't just replace it. In the long run it will save you both time and money.

-Ed

 

[SkyMaxx]

I don't know how many times a loose screw has been at the bottom of my problems, but it has been quite a few. I even pre-bash check my MTs and tighten all screws. This one time, I didn't (not to mention I normally do not check those screws), and it bit me in the behind.

Eddy, you are dead right. Look for the source of the problem and fix it. Then you won't have to go to the LHS....hey, wait a minute...I like going to the LHS. Time to loosen a couple of screws...

 

[FastEddy]

I have a few loose screws.:bunny:

 

[Error401]

I'm working on a steel spur. I went to York PA this weekend to a model engineering show and there was alot of really cool stuff there, BTW I'm gonna post a couple of short vids on a few things you guys might consider interesting. Anyway, there were a bunch of machine tool vendors there and I picked up a catalog. In it there are cutters for gears. Hmmmm, I think I know which one I need to get, and then I'll be set. If RRP would get off their asses and produce them for the savage, I wouldn't have to go through the learning curve for cutting gears. Before anyone asks, I probably won't be producing many if I get tooled up and start cutting them. It's my dad's machines, and his projects tend to take precident over mine when it comes to cutting metal.

Somehow, I'm not sure if a steel spur is really a good idea anyway. Something is gonna wear, and with a comp spur, the spur wears and not the clutch bell (some on the CB, but mopstly the spur).