New servo + saver for Pede

[OlorinTharkun]

Working a rebuild for my sons Pede which began life as XL1... Thinking of new steering servo.

Any recommendations on not too pricey waterproof servo that would be an upgrade?

Now powered by Sidewinder SCT w/ 3800 motor. Just upgraded to TQi radio.

If anyone knows of link to guide on adjusting steering alignment etc. it would be helpful.

[Blaster75]

The Hitec digital waterproof is nice and affordable, and the Ofna CNC top servo saver is about 10x stronger than the Kimborough 124. It won't pop apart on hard hits.

[rag6]

An upgrade from the 2018? How about a 2075? More than double the torque and waterproof...

[O.G.]

Sounds like that truck is almost new again!! Did you upgrade the wheel hubs to bearings yet?

I agree with the above post, get the blue 2075 Traxxas servo.

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[wildironman]

how munch
is it

[cuda0872]

$21.99 shipped or you can bid on one and get it for a few bucks cheaper
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-TRAXXAS-...item2570b13593

[wildironman]

i cant bet

[DiggerPede]

how munch
is it

Traxxas-2075 Servo $22 shipped << Click me!!!!

Cuda you beat me to it. LOL

[cuda0872]

Yeah sitting bored at work so just checking on the threads so hows the kimborough saver since i know you run one?

[DiggerPede]

Yeah sitting bored at work so just checking on the threads so hows the kimborough saver since i know you run one?

I've had a busy day at work! I flop on the site when i'm ready for a break from it. I've had really good luck with the Kimbrough's. I've also heard people liking the Ofna ones better though. I think it's just going to be what kind of impacts you end up taking.

[Blaster75]

The spring is stiff enough on the 124 but not on the 121, and the two halves can seperate on hard hits. The plastic is kinda cheesy, too. I really like OFNAs and Racer's Edge, because they are held together with an aluminum "button". I haven't tried the IMEX/RC1 aluminum one, but it looks pretty small. The guy at the hobby shop likes his, though.

[DiggerPede]

I use the KIM124 on my all metal gear servo. Its been a beast.

[dcsally97]

I like my 2075 with the OFNA blue heavy duty servo saver.

[AbSoLooT1]

One word, SAVOX! U get HUGE bang or the buck, for very small price. For example, a 60 dollar Savox servo with the same specs, but Hi-tech or JR for example, is in the 120s. Terrific servos. Alittle power hungry, So I need a Glitch buster. 5 bucks though. .

As for servo savers, I have been running Kimboroughs. run 121(white) with less strong servos, and 124 (black) with strong servos. But it makes a BIG difference when ya got a nice servo.

One of the issues I had with the Traxxas 2070 servo was the screw that holds the servo saver on the servo. For that reason I became alot more fond of the metal geared ones.

On the opposite end, I got a Hi-tech 645mg servo for my ladies truck. Havent driven it yet, but its metal geared, flows smooth without need for a glitch buster. It is really popular as an upgrade for the Traxxas. It was 50 bucks, and has like 133 oz of torgue, but .20 seconds at 6 volts. kinda (slow) But... my Savox 1258TG was 67 bucks, and its WHICKED fast and strong. 166 at 6.0z. (plenty) but way fast. .07 seconds of transition time at 6volts. REAL nice upgrade.

[AbSoLooT1]

One I got for my ladies. Simple, basic, strong, no need for extra attention. only 50 bucks, piece of mind with metal gears. Cons, very slow transition times, but ur talking about fractions of a second. I have yet to see how it stacks up on the pede when I get her truck done. ' But Its one of their best sellers, for a reason.

[AbSoLooT1]

I've had a busy day at work! I flop on the site when i'm ready for a break from it. I've had really good luck with the Kimbrough's. I've also heard people liking the Ofna ones better though. I think it's just going to be what kind of impacts you end up taking.

I looked at OFnas, all lame colors Like purple, gold and something else. Didnt make sense to me. For someone who doesnt care, great choice. But ya know me. lol. I got a racers edge for my ladies Hi-tech, and we will see how that one goes. Its still plastic though, looks ALOT like the OFNA one.

in the rear of the pic, u can see the kimborough 124s. Two of em... Than in front u can see the Racers Edge one...

[rag6]

Its such a shame that the 2075 was not equipped with metal gears. It is a great basher servo.

[O.G.]

One I got for my ladies. Simple, basic, strong, no need for extra attention. only 50 bucks, piece of mind with metal gears. Cons, very slow transition times, but ur talking about fractions of a second. I have yet to see how it stacks up on the pede when I get her truck done. ' But Its one of their best sellers, for a reason.

Hey absoloot, how does a glitch buster work? I've never used one.

I have a couple hitec 645's but I'm thinking about a savox.


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[OlorinTharkun]

Sounds like that truck is almost new again!! Did you upgrade the wheel hubs to bearings yet?

I agree with the above post, get the blue 2075 Traxxas servo.

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Man, you guys rock! Been a long day so I hadn't had time to check back on my thread and I come back and 17 replies!

OG, the bearings are in the mail! The truck is almost new again plus a few upgrades. Ebay shipper said bearings should be here by the 5/19/12, but tracking says there were in Charlotte, NC this morning... I'm thinking 3 stars?

Anyway, since this is my little guy's truck, I'll probably go with the 2075, but it'll probably have to wait since I broke MY truck this afternoon! See link. My RC $ has to go to fix my truck first you know!

Although, I think I will buy a Kimbrough 124 servo saver for the ancient 2018 I'm still rocking!

Loot, thanx for all the pics. And the Savox or Hitec's sound great for an eventual upgrade MY truck, when I get a new chassis and fix the transmission.

[Oaks]

Not to be a downer, but if you go with the kimbrough, consider downgrading the 2mm screws thru the saver. Working them out to 3mm screws puts the holes erily close to other holes on the saver.

I'll consider the ofna piece next time just to look at that. So far, so good with the kimbrough.

[ksb51rl]

One I got for my ladies. Simple, basic, strong, no need for extra attention. only 50 bucks, piece of mind with metal gears. Cons, very slow transition times, but ur talking about fractions of a second. I have yet to see how it stacks up on the pede when I get her truck done. ' But Its one of their best sellers, for a reason.

That was a lot of money for a 645. They are a $30 servo. The digital 5645 would have been a bad deal at that price.

[rag6]

That was a lot of money for a 645. They are a $30 servo. The digital 5645 would have been a bad deal at that price.

Yeah, but recently he got a new $100 savox for $70 at his lhs... Karma???

[screamsatchildren]

+1 on savox i built a tamiya car and my hobby shop sold me one for like $35 and i thought it was just a cheap servo but when the pedes 2056 stripped those plastic gears i took it out of the timiya and put it in the pede and the extra 30oz of torque is awesome its not as much as the 2075 but i dont care 125oz of torque in a pede with stock tires is overkill but it did make my stock servo saver self-destruct i have spares but i should get a stronger one, those look good in the pics............

[OlorinTharkun]

Well, no new servo or saver yet, but I got the Pede running again! Got the steering relatively straight. Hopefully I can go test the range on the new TQi radio tomorrow. It's a wheelie monster now only on 2S... 3S would be frightening, I think.

Ordered the parts to fix my Slash. Will look at the Kimbrough or Ofna servo saver soon and a new 2075 probably sometime after that... sometimes it's hard keeping 3 trucks running! Now at least 1 is in running order again!

[DiggerPede]

I'm trying out my fist Savox 1258TG. I've been wanting one for a while.

[O.G.]

I guess I need to get a savox. I've been happy with my hitec servo but it's slow compared to the savox servos for a lot less money.

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[Petertje60]

Looking at quality/price ratio, the 2075 is a great servo. I got the 1258TG in my 4x4 Pede for a while now which is still working great. Very strong and extremely fast. Just a little noisy every now and then when you stand still. But who wants to stand still with his car

[rag6]

That hitech servo is basically a downgrade to the 2075, except in gear material.
They became popular as an upgrade to the 2055, and people are still hanging on them.

[AbSoLooT1]

That was a lot of money for a 645. They are a $30 servo. The digital 5645 would have been a bad deal at that price.

Wow no kidding. Im gonna say something next time I go to that specific shop. lol.

Yeah, but recently he got a new $100 savox for $70 at his lhs... Karma???

Maybe Sharp memory btw Rag.

How about a 110 dollar servo, basically free My Spektrum 278oz beast. (same OEM as Savox I hear) Included in 80 parts lot buy, that had 80 dollars in traxxas blue aluminum alone, total about 500 bucks.

But really... thats totally

[AbSoLooT1]

That hitech servo is basically a downgrade to the 2075, except in gear material.
They became popular as an upgrade to the 2055, and people are still hanging on them.

its in the ladies pede. No big deal. The turn time is slow, but initial testing seem to be a well performing servo in regards to being smooth and such. .

I personally wouldnt put one in mine. 150oz minimum, metal gears, and under .10 seconds is the way to go!

[AbSoLooT1]

I guess I need to get a savox. I've been happy with my hitec servo but it's slow compared to the savox servos for a lot less money.

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You said it... A JR servo with the same specs, (but a cool red alum case instead of orange) lol With the same specs as the 1258tg is 120 dollars.

Thing about Savox, is u get BIG bang for the buck. To get the same specs with some of the other names like Hi-tech, ul be paying twice as much.... Its a great deal.

Ive also recently become familiar with Spektrum Servos. Word on the street is they out source Savox to make their servos and are priced right the same as Savox.

With a Spektrum A6030... Which is exactly like the S6030.



Its got a monster 278oz of torque. Its not fast by any means, at .15 seconds at 6vs. Compared to the .07 seconds of the Savox, its "slow" but side by side, its hard to see the fractions of a second difference between the two. First drives and I can barely tell a difference between the two in any way. Both the major difference how of much stronger this one is, and how much faster the specs on the Savox are. Tryin this out to see if the Rusty is gonna get the Savox, since I have this Spektrum lieing around.

Note to anyone running Savox. Some of the LHS guys ONLY didnt like em, cuz they said they were power hungry... Which is true... Install a glitch buster, as it makes a BIG difference. My Savox 1258tg runs much smoother with a glitch/cogging buster. My Spektrum wont run AT ALL without it. It glitches like crazy without it, and this is with a MMP at 6volts set on its bec.

[DiggerPede]

LooT i had to put a glitch buster with my Savox 1258TG, which i knew i had to. The darn thing was going haywire on me. Plugged that sucker in and it performed smooth as butter. Im very well impressed with it.

[AbSoLooT1]

Crazy right! As that video I did showed.. So true. Also, Remember to set your BEC on ur speed control to 6volts. Something that is easily overlooked, and I remember I almost did assuming it was already there. Its set from the factory at 5.5. The Spektrum was NUTZ without it, than a glitch buster and bam. Smooth as silk. Amazing how well these 5 dollar parts are, and I can only imagine the hundred of people thinking they cant use X servo on their system without it. Especially since there is no room for a BEC on our Pedes. Plus they cost more. NIce goin brotha

Btw... Friday at my LHS. The guy, Nick named "chubby" Whos not chubby at all btw... Very in shap,slender for a 60ish guy.lol, Came into my LHS. Racers Edge is actually here in Utah out of HRP distributing. KInda cool...

[O.G.]

On a different forum, one of the team Losi racers recommended a spektrum servo for my buggy. He said a lot of the team drivers use them.

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[O.G.]

I ordered a couple novac glitch busters. Any of you guys use one?

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[MidnightPumpkin]

I use the KIM124 on my all metal gear servo. Its been a beast.

I have the Kimbrough saver, the smaller version, and it needs an upgrade. I purchased the larger Kimbrough, but I also purchased the saver Digger suggested. The smaller kimbrough flexxes bad with my
Savox servo http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trks...252mg&_sacat=0 I am hoping that the KIM124 will stop this

What radio are you using? I have 2.4 spektrum and I use savox in all my rc stuff MP

[TAT2]

the Ofna CNC top servo saver is about 10x stronger than the Kimborough 124. It won't pop apart on hard hits.

That's kind of what a servo saver is supposed to do--break before the servo does. The kimbrough 124 will be plenty stout for any normal use. I've hit immovable objects head on, hard (~60 mph into a curb) while running mine and it didn't come apart, and the servo wasnt affected at all either.

[MidnightPumpkin]

That's kind of what a servo saver is supposed to do--break before the servo does. The kimbrough 124 will be plenty stout for any normal use. I've hit immovable objects head on, hard (~60 mph into a curb) while running mine and it didn't come apart, and the servo wasnt affected at all either.

exactly, that is why they are called "savers". The part that I do not like is when the servo saver is so flexible that it will allow the wheels to turn without the servo turning. I am replacing a smaller Kimbrough servo saver with the 124 in hopes of avoiding that type of flex. MP

[AbSoLooT1]

On a different forum, one of the team Losi racers recommended a spektrum servo for my buggy. He said a lot of the team drivers use them.

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Dont know if u saw my post up above, but spektrum and savox servos are one in the same. Savox builds the Spektrum servos, nd are sold under their name. They look very much alike, and their cases are the same. Thing is, u get the same specs in JR or Hi-tech servos for example, and ul pay twicse as much. The specs on a 1258TG Savox servo runs 67 bucks. On a High-tech or JR, itd be 130-150! Spektrum is also priced the same. They are power hungry, so ul want a glitch buster. 5 bucks... no biggie

I ordered a couple novac glitch busters. Any of you guys use one?

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I have a racers edge one, and WOW what a difference. Without one I cant use my Savox, or Spektrum servos...With... Different story. I did a Youtube vid of difference. Check it out. Amazing how much difference alittle 5 dollar product makes. Makes it so one doesnt have to run a BEC to run a high powered power hungry servo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4T3adA255Y

[AbSoLooT1]

That's kind of what a servo saver is supposed to do--break before the servo does. The kimbrough 124 will be plenty stout for any normal use. I've hit immovable objects head on, hard (~60 mph into a curb) while running mine and it didn't come apart, and the servo wasnt affected at all either.

I completly agree with Tat, and I would rather have my servo saver bust in to pieces than the saver be to strong, and only protect against to fast of a turn. Which will only protect against stripped gears, which is also not as big of a concern on metal geared servos.

The Kimborough busting into a million pieces has saved the servo from getting all messed up and what not...





Two major impacts that shredded the servo saver. But at least I didnt strip the servo saver to servo screw hole, or do anything to the servo. So il take that... Only wish I didnt have to always drill out the Kimborough servo savers every time I needed to install it, but I understand why I must.. Just dont like to