OWB/RS problems

[savage24x]

My roto-start died on me, so I decided to use my Power Cable drill. It's on counter-clockwise and the fastest speed setting. It's still not as fast as a roto-start, but it was working. Right as my Force .26 sounded like it was going to start, it started freely spinning. I took the backplate off, and my OWB is cracked. Let it soak in WD-40, still didn't fix the problem obviously. Oh well, must be an old OWB right?

Maybe not... Just got a savage 5.9. I tried doing the same thing with the drill. It was working and getting close to starting with a prime. You know the socket the wand goes into on the backplate? The plastic around that broke off right as it was going to start. I don't think it's the drill since it's slower than the roto-start... Could it be me putting too much pressure on the backplate? I'm barely holding it there, though.

What am I doing wrong?

 

[mrbones]

My roto-start died on me, so I decided to use my Power Cable drill. It's on counter-clockwise and the fastest speed setting. It's still not as fast as a roto-start, but it was working. Right as my Force .26 sounded like it was going to start, it started freely spinning. I took the backplate off, and my OWB is cracked. Let it soak in WD-40, still didn't fix the problem obviously. Oh well, must be an old OWB right?

Maybe not... Just got a savage 5.9. I tried doing the same thing with the drill. It was working and getting close to starting with a prime. You know the socket the wand goes into on the backplate? The plastic around that broke off right as it was going to start. I don't think it's the drill since it's slower than the roto-start... Could it be me putting too much pressure on the backplate? I'm barely holding it there, though.

What am I doing wrong?

I have in the past experienced the same that you did here. I didn't have a roto starter motor so I used a drill and it broke everything. I'm thinking that maybe I flooded the engine, the piston locked because of too much liquid in the head, and the drill just kept on turning it because it has a lot of torque. Maybe the best thing to do is to get rid of the roto and install a pull starter.
I don't like pull starters but for your Savage, I don't think you have any more options. The only thing I have that is pull start is a Kyosho .11 engine on a snow machine. Everything else is starter box or EZ start.

 

[Snook Man]

If you’re using a roto start back plate and a drill, you should use a drill with a clutch set on the lowest setting that will turn the engine. No clutch, bad things can happen. My Dewalt cordless can snap a 3 inch deck screw with ease with the clutch locked, imaging what it can do to engine/roto start internals.

 

[savage24x]

I have in the past experienced the same that you did here. I didn't have a roto starter motor so I used a drill and it broke everything. I'm thinking that maybe I flooded the engine, the piston locked because of too much liquid in the head, and the drill just kept on turning it because it has a lot of torque. Maybe the best thing to do is to get rid of the roto and install a pull starter.
I don't like pull starters but for your Savage, I don't think you have any more options. The only thing I have that is pull start is a Kyosho .11 engine on a snow machine. Everything else is starter box or EZ start.

Definitely glad I'm not the only one. If this savage roto start doesn't help, I'm switching to pull starters. The RS4 roto start worked great on the hyper 7 and force .26, but not the savage. I have a pull on my tmaxx. Jato has EZ start, havent started that jato yet though, we'll see how it goes.

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If you’re using a roto start back plate and a drill, you should use a drill with a clutch set on the lowest setting that will turn the engine. No clutch, bad things can happen. My Dewalt cordless can snap a 3 inch deck screw with ease with the clutch locked, imaging what it can do to engine/roto start internals.

I actually did have the clutch on the lowest setting andi made sure of that because I wanted to be easy on it. So frustrating sometimes... 8 years of this gets kind of old for doing stupid stuff.