Originally Posted by Electric Dave (Post 5791354)

Ok, sorry to rant here but I've had it with this truck! The bottom line is that it is SO clear that it was rushed to market and it has serious flaws. What I find most ironic is that Losi takes pride in their wonderful engineering, it is that same engineering (or lack there of) is the cause of every failure on this truck!

I have forgiven it for the small things like shock ends which were not put on right from the factory or rear hub bearings which were either defective or too small or screws which are not long enough to hit the nylon locknuts or even wheels which HIT when you are near full lock but I can not forgive mine for eating FOUR SERVOs!

I've read this thread lots and I've tried to follow all the advice, I replaced the 2.0 spring with the 1.0 spring but that is not the problem. I'm pretty sure there is an issue with the plastic part of the servo saver. I've been racing RC seriously for the last 5 or 6 years and I don't think I ever had a servo fail, now with this Losi I've blown the gears in FOUR Z9000T servos in 3 weeks!

Losi NEEDS to address this issue, heck they should address ALL the issues with this truck. I've called "Bill" and left him a message, he had better call me back because I've had it. People need to know how messed up this thing is out of the box and Losi needs to issue some kind of "Service Pack" to address all these obvious design flaws.

Originally Posted by JAMMINKRAZY (Post 5791627)

Losi did address it with the 2.0! End points and linkages must be set perfectly in the losi cars! It's not really hard to do that. Any car will eat servos if you don't set it up right. I have 3 years of running 2 losi cars under my belt and have yet to have one single servo problem. same servos are in the cars as when the 1.0's were new. They have now been transfered onto the 2.0's and are running strong! Also, maybe ditch the junk JR servos and run some Hitec's!:lol:

As for the other issues, it is something you have to deal with on a new truck. Losi will learn of the problems and make running changes to most of them. IMO the truck makes up for any issues on the track. :nod:

Originally Posted by Frank L (Post 5791686)

I keep going through throttle servos in my 2.0. I have blew a JR9100s and not a Hitec 7965. I set the end points correctly. Anyone else having throttle servo problems. I talked to Phillip Atondo (a team losi driver) and he said to use the rubber mounting hardware and not to over tighten the servo in the mount. I usually mount the servos right to the tray without the rubber garment. Today I mounted with the rubber garment, will see what happens. I will send the Hitec back and the JR is already at Horizon. I thought the throttle servo problem was solved but it appears again. I only lost 2 servos in the 1.0 over a whole year of racing 2-3x per month. Anyone else having this problem?

Originally Posted by guss2009 (Post 5791899)

Wow so the losi 2.0 has the same throttle servo problems that the losi 1.0 has? I guess i wont be changing my brand new losi 1.0 to the 2.0 if they both have the same linkage problem. I havent done the linkage on my 1.0 buggy yet because im waiting for the radio stiffner. Hopefully i wont run into any problem when i set it up. Wish me luck guys.

Originally Posted by Integra (Post 5789884)

cheap bearing's are hit and miss....get over it...there 1$ a piece.

Originally Posted by steve307b (Post 5792013)

I never replaced the flange bearings in my 1.0 either. Only had like 4 0r five gallons on it. When checking my 2.0 for the squeak problem tonight the wheel bearings were all fine but the rear diff flange bearing was blown to pieces. I know they're only a buck a piece, but man a lot of work to keep this thing going. Love the truck though, just some maintnance required. Hopefully the Avid flange bearings I put in will last longer than the stock ones.

Originally Posted by JAMMINKRAZY (Post 5791627)

Losi did address it with the 2.0! End points and linkages must be set perfectly in the losi cars! It's not really hard to do that. Any car will eat servos if you don't set it up right. I have 3 years of running 2 losi cars under my belt and have yet to have one single servo problem. same servos are in the cars as when the 1.0's were new. They have now been transfered onto the 2.0's and are running strong! Also, maybe ditch the junk JR servos and run some Hitec's!:lol:

Originally Posted by Electric Dave (Post 5792465)

When I first ran the truck, I set the end points like I did on my previous truggy. Then I started backing it down a few notches. My end points are not the problem. It's something else. There was a live chat on Neo-Buggy a few weeks ago and Adam Drake was on there, he was asked about the steering issues and said "Adam Drake: We are working on a different servo saver for the 2.0's." that right there tells you there is a problem. Is it the spring? The plastic? The geometry? I don't know.

I never felt like my JR Z900T servo's were junk. I'm happy to upgrade if it's needed but I find that hard to believe given that I've used them in several truggies and Monster trucks.