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Anyone brake servos on t4 or b4?? I have a rtr t4 ,plus a b4 and i just broke the servos at the track(yes both).. the built in servo saver seemed loose but is that not enough?? Are people runing mini servo savers on the servo too??(i dont want to run another servo saver) any help would be great...i think this is the correct forum fo this.. i posted this about my t4 in the truck forum but noone said anything .. i just want some insight on this cause i rebuilt the servo saver on the b4 and loosened the one on the t4 a little.. if i missed something id like someone to say something b4 i break 2 more servos..

Had a guy with a t4 and b4 break both servos one night. The built in servo savers aren't that great. Once he replaced the servos the next week he broke both sets of steering arms in both of them in one night. As far as I know I think he ended up putting some steelgeared servos in them both and haven't had any issues since. Not sure though since he only ran them both at the end of last years good weather a couple times...

Todd

klavy69 wrote:Had a guy with a t4 and b4 break both servos one night. The built in servo savers aren't that great. Once he replaced the servos the next week he broke both sets of steering arms in both of them in one night. As far as I know I think he ended up putting some steelgeared servos in them both and haven't had any issues since. Not sure though since he only ran them both at the end of last years good weather a couple times...

Todd

thanks i think im just going to make sure the built in servo saver is loose and hope for the best. if anyone else has any tips or info for keeping servos alve on t4 and b4 please let me know..

just run a metal gear servo.

on my b4.1 worlds i run the servo saver fully tighten and glued and i run a airtronics 94774 servo and never have any problems

no broken servos ever in 3 yrs racing B4's and B4.1's... Heck I even ran a solid avid alloy bellcrank (no more servo saver at all) saturday, and still no breakage...

Don't loosen the servo saver but get a proper servo (torque and metal gears) instead. Loose servo savers save the servos but make the car not handle properly. I've been very happy with a $60 Savox 1251 the past couple of years.

Paul

Lonestar wrote:no broken servos ever in 3 yrs racing B4's and B4.1's... Heck I even ran a solid avid alloy bellcrank (no more servo saver at all) saturday, and still no breakage...

Don't loosen the servo saver but get a proper servo (torque and metal gears) instead. Loose servo savers save the servos but make the car not handle properly. I've been very happy with a $60 Savox 1251 the past couple of years.

Paul

X2, guys have been gluing their B4/T4 bellcrank saver since 2004- the Avid set is great!

I bought the XP digital MG servo ~$17 for my brothers B4 and he's had no problems with it at all.

This servo is a beast for the money, if you go that route.

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&P=SM&I=LXUZ89

I have one of those Hitecs, I think it cost me ~$30 new? I haven't used it yet though

teman wrote:I bought the XP digital HS/MG servo ~$17 for my brothers B4 and he's had no problems with it at all.

? 17? Mine was $99?

No not that one ... it was this one SHV1504MG Servo
http://www.teamassociated.com/parts/details/29132/

thanks guys. i lost hope in servos after my buddy spent like $60 on a "race spec" servo from china and broke it in 1 run.. looks like the name brands are still the way to go..seems like the off beat "deals" are always a bad idea