Savox in a SV2

[DragonRider]

My son and I both run Savox servos in our SV2's.

At Area 51 between the 2 of us, the cars stripped both servo gears, Wesleys survived the day just, I had to put another servo in, so put a BRAND NEW sc-1252mg.

In less than 2 heats the gears stripped in that too.

My driving on that day was not the best but not the worst I've ever driven but you would expect a servo to last longer than 10 mins.

Anyway, my question is?

Is there a servo saver that can be fitted to the SV2 to stop this from happening as it could get expensive spending £15 on a gear set every 10 mins of running.

I am torn to move away from Savox but they are normally damn good servos.

Any advice very much appreciated.

Cheers

Mark

[mark christopher]

the gears are alot finer in the low profile servos, many choose to run the full size ones for the extra reliability, especially if you get it wrong regulary

[paulc]

What servo horn are you using if you use the kit plastic one that should break before the servo it's self . i've been running a savox servo with the kit plastic horn in my svr (same front end) for the last couple of meetings and it's been fine

[DragonRider]

I am currently running an Alloy one, so thats going in the bin and back to the kit plastic one.

Thanks

Mark

[adamjimny]

iv run a 1257tg in my cat sx2 then moved it into my cougar sv both times with ally servo horn and never had a problem......had some big hits too

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by adamjimny

iv run a 1257tg in my cat sx2 then moved it into my cougar sv both times with ally servo horn and never had a problem......had some big hits too

and thats my point, your using a full size servo, not low profile like the thread starter is using, Robby has summed it up perfectly!

[Robby]

Originally Posted by mark christopher

the gears are alot finer in the low profile servos, many choose to run the full size ones for the extra reliability, especially if you get it wrong regulary

At the same time, at some point or another it's our duty to come to grips with the fact that when we break something like a metal geared servo - especially 2 of them in 10 minutes - it's less about what's wrong with the product and more about what we as consumers are doing wrong.

And when you're talking about a small (low profile) servo that's intended for use in on-road cars (according to the manufacturer's specs) whose wheels are protected, it tells me you chose to go against common sense.
"Ideal for 1/10 scale touring/on-road" http://www.savoxusa.com/Savox_SC1252...avsc1252mg.htm

But ultimately, servos typically strip gears because you're hitting things or landing jumps with the wheels cranked to one side or another - so if you're going to choose to run them in your buggies you've got to drive very clean. Otherwise, go with standard sized servos like most of us mortals.