• Welcome to RCTalk! 🚀

    Join the #1 RC community where hobbyists connect, share, and get expert advice on RC cars, trucks, boats, drones, and more!

    • ✓ Friendly & passionate RC enthusiasts
    • ✓ RC tips & troubleshooting
    • ✓ Buy, sell & trade RC gear
    • ✓ Share builds & upgrades

savage 25 braking problem

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate
links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
C

Chunga

RCTalk Basher
Messages
57
Reaction score
0
Points
0
RC Driving Style
  1. Bashing
ok my sagage will not stop.It slows down but it takes 15 ft to stop.well like ther are no brakes at all just as if i'm letting off throttle.i screwed the adj. nut all the way down no help.What upgrade should i go with?:whhooo:
 
Did you turn the plastic ''brake adjustment dial'' screw clockwise on your linkage?:\
 
There's usually piece of fuel tubing on the linkage between the adjustment dial and the servo arm, put a slightly longer peice on there. That usually helps. The other thing to do is a stronger servo. I upgraded my steering servo and moved the stock steering servo to the t/b and had to start backing off the sdjustment to keep from doing front end-os. There is also a dual disc upgrade available.
 
yeah I adj. the linkage all the way down .I took the time to really look at it close and the two screws the hold the 2 red disc -the bottom one is twice as far out.I assuming they both should be tight.Are there a a certain about the should be tightened to?
 
apply some loctite and just snug them down. The discs need to be evenly compressed while braking. Once the discs are secured, readjust your brake tension. You can do that without running the car. Just roll it while hitting brake till it's where you like it. Make sure there is NO brake drag in the throttle position.
Here's an example of replacing the spring with a piece of fuel line for more aggressive braking:

Linkage.webp
 
Chunga said:
yeah I adj. the linkage all the way down .I took the time to really look at it close and the two screws the hold the 2 red disc -the bottom one is twice as far out.I assuming they both should be tight.Are there a a certain about the should be tightened to?
Click to expand...

ya tightin the screws that hold the pads & rotor/s. I've had mine back out and act like this

those screws are like needle adjustment, alittle is alot!
 
The brakes on the Savage have been a problem for a long time . If HPI could ever fix that problem it sure would be nice . If your Savage has the older style of brake pads that are glued onto the backing plate they what probably happened is that one of the pads came off . When this happens the servo won't push the arm far enough to make them work . This happened to me several times and I finally had to use JB Weld to glue the pads to the metal backing plates and I let them set up in a vise !!! HPI has made a " better " set of brakes for the Savage now and I haven't tried them yet . You might try them out .
 
I beleive it it's not broke, don't fix it. I have never had the brake rotor/pads off my truck, 6 gal running and still stops good.

BTW, stock 25 truck, I have switched the orignal steering servo to the throttle/brake and that piece of tubing shown in Rolex' photo is longer on my truck
 
well put on new dual disk brake kit from HPI and first test run it did a front flip.
The bottom screw on the pad was stripped out so we (lhs) had to put a longer screw in it but so far so good.
 
Chunga said:
well put on new dual disk brake kit from HPI and first test run it did a front flip.
The bottom screw on the pad was stripped out so we (lhs) had to put a longer screw in it but so far so good.
Click to expand...

Right, that's good......I'm glad to hear that you got it fixed, now let's see a vid of it doing a front flip ! - :D
 
Last edited:
Hey Chunga .. I have the same prob with the bottom screw thread being stripped.. what kind of screw did you use? I couldn't find one that went thru the little metal sleeve...
 
guy at LHS put it in .I will try to find out or get you one and send it if he has another.
 

RC Builds

Back
Top