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Yeah, I thought it was weird there was nothing keeping the pinion on. My pinion came off, I consulted the manual and there's no grub screw, so I just pushed the pinion back onto the shaft and its been fine since.

I've never tried pinkbike so can't comment. I've always thought STW has been ok, but never really sold much on there. Tempted by the saint m810, but I've just upgraded my hope m4s with bigger rotors and new pads so gonna pass for now. Just need to get out and do more DH!!

Grub screw?? The pinion on mine is push fit?

Hi, have you tried on singletrack world?? Sadly I found fleabay was the best bet for bike bits, particularly if you are gonna break her up.

Ken block micro RS4 and some cheapo toy rc cars for the kids.

Hi All, Im going to get the kids (age 3 and 4.5) a Losi Micro T each. While I was looking, I thought it would be fun to get a 1/18 that I can run indoors / outdoors with the kids. Ive narrowed it down to a Maverick ION (buggy or SC) or to wait for the HPI micro RS4 Ken Block. Im tempted to wait for the RS4 cos its sick. . . . Out of those, which would you choose and why??

Yeah I don't think there's much of a cure for traction issues. Id imagine its like having a 600bhp RWD motor with no traction control!! Hostile slicks are on the way. I may cut some grooves in them and see how that goes. Off topic, but does anyone use the battery box that comes with the 5b flux?? I've ordered one cheap from the states and want to see if its easier with it or just stick to lots of foam and batteries in the chassis.

Right. Quick update on this. Cap pack has definately done the trick, no more cogging. With either the zippy 8000mah 30c packs or nanotech 5000mah 65c packs. Turnigy 7.5a uBEC also installed, plugged into the Rx. Interestingly, I first removed the on/off switch for the uBEC, and it didn't work. Re-soldered the switch back on, and it works fine???!!!! Any reason for that anyone?? Running 16t pinion, and temps were nice and low. Less than 40 for both esc and motor. Will get the log data soon and have a look at that. 5000mah doesn't last very long. I'm going to get some more packs when funds allow and run 7s in parallel so 2 x (3s + 4s). Has anyone tries that?? And finally, I just need to find some rear tyres that will grip on Tarmac!! Thankyou all sooo much for all your valuable input. If it wasn't for this forum, I would have flogged the sodding thing. Instead, I have learned loads, am loving the badger as well as my other cars and am thinking about my next project . . . .

Sorry for hijacking, but are the awc shells any good? Although they are strong, I don't know how good fibreglass would be at absorbing impacts?

What a miracle!! Just checked it and its all working!!! Noj, I thought I'd try one of my "weak" nanotech 2s packs in the savage. After a few cycles the weak cell perked up. Funnily enough, after landing in the river, it seems to have perked up even more!!

What a numpty. Went out tonight and managed to land my savage into the river!!. I got it out as soon as I could (about 5 minutes) and have wet muddy feet, nettle rash and a very sorry looking savage. Other than drying everything as well as possible and relubing, and hoping for the best, is there anything else I should do?? Specifically for the lipos??

Thanks, that's pretty much what I thought. Just one question, you say to repair the loose tab thing you need a soldering gun. I'm assuming that that is what I will be doing - cutting the tabs that join the cells, binning the dodgy cell and re soldering the tabs between the 2 good cells?? Will a soldering iron not work? Noj, if I haven't come good with a soldering iron by now, there's no hope!!

Just a thought. How easy would it be to separate the good and bad cells from 2s packs, and join the 2 good cells together?

Absolutely. Or what I'm hoping is that they've had a bad batch, and in time it will be replenished with another batch that will be ok. Gonna try in a few months time. Also it strikes me that 65-130c discharge is a very high discharge rate, probably on the edge of what is possible from lipos?? In my experience with stuff, the more you push something, the more unreliable it becomes. It's just unfortunate that we need this performance to power our setups.

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