DamianW

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Another option is graphite servo horn. Feel is the same as alloy but if you have a big hit the horn will break before the servo does.

iliveonnitro

That's a pretty good idea.

I don't run one because the car always seems to wander on me a little. You won't find many people running servo savers at big races for that reason, too. They want every little performance advantage and won't care as much about the cost to replace gears.

Honestly, do whatever makes you comfortable.

daleburr

The Xray one doesn't wander at all. I've used the Kimbrough ones, and they do wander in a TC, and I've killed a few of them as well.

Only downside is that even the Xray one gives a little at high-speed, so you get a bit less high-speed steering, which is why the pros use a solid arm. But they get free servos when they kill their gears.

texastc

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always

glennhl

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I run the Associated servo saver, part no. 25162 (futaba). I've only broken one and that was a very hard hit.

Ivan Dickson

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Xray servo saver, 2 years running no problem...indoor small tracks and
out-door larger tracks, no wandering at all, gives you peace of mind knowing
if you ever hit hard your servo will survive the crash, I myself use high-end
Sanwa SRG BLS servos in all my cars. I decided to stick with servo savers
on all tracks the I race.

GuyIsDamGood

I have a Servo-Saver installed on my Tamiya Evo 5; and the chassis will pull to the left or right.
I'm going to install the Direct Servo Arm and see if it's runs straight.

Skiddins

If you have a decent saver (that doesn't have a fault), it shouldn't wander.
Occasionally I have run a direct arm, but to be honest I couldn't tell the difference.

If you do, make sure you have a spare servo ready to go.

daleburr

I've ran a metal arm for the past month or two, aiming for a bit more steering.

That servo now feels very rough, the gears have clearly taken a beating. So it's back to the trusty Xray servo-saver for me.

GuyIsDamGood

Hey Skiddins; thanks for the info.

With the Servo-Saver installed on the Evolution 5; the chassis will pull slightly to the left or right.

My Evolution 5 will be a lap-time only chassis starting this summer. I'll try to be careful not to crash.

I'll install the Direct Servo Arm and see how it runs.

Nygaard

John Frazier Sr. he doesn’t either. But my cousin’s good friends uncle uses 3 servo savers in a custom setup he designed. Don’t even ask it’s very Top Secret, might even be SCI.

AMZ

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MST makes a really nice one

snopro31

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You have never seen the Schumacher servo saver then

DBM

I agree that the schumacher servo saver is as good or better than the xray. I have two of each in my cars.
I have found that the xray savers don't generate slop over time like the tamiya ones do, but the xray springs can fatigue over time. I have one that i had to retire due to it becoming soft.
Durango made a HD saver that was almost identical to the xray and was only $5. Tis a shame that Durango is no longer.
Integy made an aluminum version of the xray but they seem too have only made one run of them and then stopped. :/

Geberit

Servo saver and alu horn will never have the same feeling. Personally saw many people have strange behaving cars in corners wandering what the hell. We tried an alu horn and problems were gone... also with Xray savers! Spoke to Ratheisky once at ETS when saw him running a servo saver. He showed me it was glued with CA otherwise it just doesn't give him the direct feeling needed for fast and precise cornering. When gluing with CA it feels like an alu horn and by impact the CA breaks and the saver does it work! Just apply a drop or two on the metal springs that's it.