I have an axial .32 on my revo. i have had to replace the pull start 2 times already. I am not pulling it out too far. Has anyone else had this problems?

I toss all pull-starts in the trash and buy a roto-start backplate. All you need then is a cordless drill and boom, no more broken pull starts.

http://cgi.ebay.com/HPI-87127-ROTO-S...item3f0156aaf3

16 bucks shipped. Add an HPI rotostart wand from lhs for 5 bucks and never look back.

get revo starter box.

Why? I have Rotostarts on everything I own. A box is counterproductive.

if its counterproductive why pros use it insted of using the pull start or the roto start???

Counterproductive for Amateur tuner's who are constantly needing to restart the car due to Stalling from being upside down of flaming out from a Poor tune.


On the other hand us Racer's who Can tune a motor and would like to remove a Spinning piece of steel inside the motor that is essentially a Giant Air leak and Causes issues as you have yourself experienced.....a Starter box is By far the best solution....yes its an extra piece of gear to lug around, But your already lugging out your starter wand, Fuel bottle, glow driver and so forth....So really 1 extra item isn't going to kill you.

LMAO Nick! Priceless! And too true!

Pros could smear cars with dogcrap. I'd see 35 people here smearing dogcrap on cars because they said "the pros do it..."

I have 5 buggies. All with rotostarts. the extra 3 seconds it takes to line a shaft up to the slot is about the same amount of time it takes to line a car up on a box, press down and hope it starts. Buying a 90 dollar box to do the exact same thing my drill I already own with a 5 dollar wand from my LHS, is, and say it with me, COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.

What issues have I experienced? Please point me to a thread where I said "my rotostart is causing an air leak" I'll wait. Never mind the wear on the front bearing from forces applied by the starter.... And the OP didn't claim to have any tuning issues........

If you are so worried about weight that a 2OZ hunk of steel is spinning in your engine, maybe you are taking this to the extreme.

To each his own. You want to carry around a starterbox, knock yourself out. I doubt he's racing a Revo anyway.