Savage XL al diff cups w/ Cen 26t Ring Gear & 9t Pinion

[Gee]

I finally got all my parts in for this install. Was starting to look like I might not get to install them because my shim job on the stock hpi gears was holding up. Well that didn't last long. I think I've been through 8 of the 13t pinions since I got this XL so I was ready for something different.

This has been tested by a person over at Savage Central on his flux. http://www.savage-central.com/module...&highlight=cen

Seems to be holding up for him. From what I have been reading (the link above) the cen gears are not real consistent. Some have reported that the cen ring gear has fit fine onto the savage cups with no modifications needed. Some have reported the holes didn't line up on one but did on the other. Some needed to lightly sanded around the rim of the the savage alum cup to get the ring to fit correctly. My expereince was both of the ring gears holes did not line up and needed modified. The ring gear fit onto the cup just fine though. The 9t bevel gear needed to be shimmed a lot to get it to make contact with the bevel gear. It still leaves plenty of pinion sticking out the otherside for the grub screw to clamp onto. I am going to be patient this time and not run the RC until 24hrs is up. Maybe giving the gasket material and loc-tite time to fully cure. Been guilty of rushing things in the past. While I am waiting I thought I would post up the pictures of the install I did on my Savage XL.