Hello All. Just wanted to post cause I may need some pointers.
I bought the Savage 25 from a friend, 1st time for me owning a gas powered r/c. The first time I took it out with another friend and ran the heck out of it, what a blast. Of course half the screws fell out of the rear end and the center rear dogbone was missing. So it took me 2 days but I finally tracked down all the parts and got it all back together. I took advantage of doing this work and cleaned the crap out of all the parts, removing all the normal dirt and grime. Anyways I decided to take it out today in the general area just to make sure I had it all back together correctly. Seemed to be running great then next thing you know I got too close to a lake here and it slid out on the rocks and plump!! upside down in the lake. It was submerged for about 15 seconds -- instantly shut off, guess it doesn't like water.
Now I have it in 500 parts again, I took the motor as far apart as I could, soaked it in wd40. Seems to still have good compression and acts as normal. I figured I'd let it sit overnight before attempting to start it. As for the rest of the parts.. Servos reset to zero when power on, but no response. I turned them off as soon as I got it out of the water, I figure I may be lucky if they dry but probably not. I can already tell this is going to be an expensive hobby, but what a fun one. I would like to know if anyone knows where I might be able to find some details as to how to remove the servos and anything else I may need to. Generally I just remove screws, but I'd like to get it all back together again someday. The rear end seems simple enough, but the front is more of a pain, the transmission looks the same. I'm hoping worst case is I half to replace the electronics. If the motor is bad then any ideals of what I should go for to replace it? Also if there is any type of service manuals out there. I've found springs and crap all over the thing that dont appear to be installed correctly. Again being new to the sport/hobby I have no experience with it. But I do know electronics and engines. Needless to say once I have it running again I will not go anywhere near water again. Not even getting through a tank of gas on this thing and I'm already hundreds of dollars invested.
One more thing.. I need some good shocks. Everytime I try to turn this beast at any decent speed it wants to roll. And to think I was looking at 2 and 3 speed transmissions -- gonna wait till I'm better at controlling it.
Thanks
I bought the Savage 25 from a friend, 1st time for me owning a gas powered r/c. The first time I took it out with another friend and ran the heck out of it, what a blast. Of course half the screws fell out of the rear end and the center rear dogbone was missing. So it took me 2 days but I finally tracked down all the parts and got it all back together. I took advantage of doing this work and cleaned the crap out of all the parts, removing all the normal dirt and grime. Anyways I decided to take it out today in the general area just to make sure I had it all back together correctly. Seemed to be running great then next thing you know I got too close to a lake here and it slid out on the rocks and plump!! upside down in the lake. It was submerged for about 15 seconds -- instantly shut off, guess it doesn't like water.
Now I have it in 500 parts again, I took the motor as far apart as I could, soaked it in wd40. Seems to still have good compression and acts as normal. I figured I'd let it sit overnight before attempting to start it. As for the rest of the parts.. Servos reset to zero when power on, but no response. I turned them off as soon as I got it out of the water, I figure I may be lucky if they dry but probably not. I can already tell this is going to be an expensive hobby, but what a fun one. I would like to know if anyone knows where I might be able to find some details as to how to remove the servos and anything else I may need to. Generally I just remove screws, but I'd like to get it all back together again someday. The rear end seems simple enough, but the front is more of a pain, the transmission looks the same. I'm hoping worst case is I half to replace the electronics. If the motor is bad then any ideals of what I should go for to replace it? Also if there is any type of service manuals out there. I've found springs and crap all over the thing that dont appear to be installed correctly. Again being new to the sport/hobby I have no experience with it. But I do know electronics and engines. Needless to say once I have it running again I will not go anywhere near water again. Not even getting through a tank of gas on this thing and I'm already hundreds of dollars invested.
One more thing.. I need some good shocks. Everytime I try to turn this beast at any decent speed it wants to roll. And to think I was looking at 2 and 3 speed transmissions -- gonna wait till I'm better at controlling it.
Thanks
