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08.31.2010, 09:48 PM

UPDATE: Steering mod and test run damage

I had all but forgotten about the steering modification you can make to the Savage hubs to give a little extra angle during steering. I remember doing this on my original Flux but I totally forgot about it until the other night when I was browsing through another forum. Seeings how its been shown in variety of forums, i'll be brief with this.

As you can see, that small piece of plastic right under the upper arm screw on the hub is preventing the servo from turning the wheels more. Were gonna fix that!

After removing the axle and bearing housing, we can can see we need to remove both of the small ridges to net us some increased steering throw

Mr. Dremel will make sure work of this!

Were also going to remove these small tabs as well as they are also preventing the steering from maxing out

And in less then 10 minutes, we've increased our steering throw for free!

Later in the day, I was simply dying to take "Frostbyte II" on its first real test trials at the new bash pit I found several months ago for my Baja 5T. I really did want to reveal my project as all brand new, shiny and with no scratches. \But I just had to know for sure how this build was going and if it needed any changes or modifications to my liking. With the weather clearing up and my patience at an end, I took "Frostbyte II" on its trail run and....well, this was the result

The included FLM XL chassis rear dogbone pin snapped after a hard landing and I was instantly down to FWD on my Flux after only driving 10 mins. Lame......

To make the day end on an even more sad note, I incorrectly took a jump and flew sideways into a dead burn pile and slammed into a sharp tree branch, puncturing one of my new wheels. Grrrrrrrrrr, talk about bad luck for a first time drive out.

Now i've got emergency orders placed at Amain and TCS Crawlers to replaced my damaged parts along with my enroute body and paint. With that said, I hope to get the project done by Labor Day weekend. Ung....I was not planning on buying a new set of tires and wheels already, this hobby sucks sometimes. I guess its still cheaper then owning/running my Baja 5T.....

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Freezebyte Guest Posts: n/a	08.31.2010, 09:48 PM UPDATE: Steering mod and test run damage I had all but forgotten about the steering modification you can make to the Savage hubs to give a little extra angle during steering. I remember doing this on my original Flux but I totally forgot about it until the other night when I was browsing through another forum. Seeings how its been shown in variety of forums, i'll be brief with this. As you can see, that small piece of plastic right under the upper arm screw on the hub is preventing the servo from turning the wheels more. Were gonna fix that! After removing the axle and bearing housing, we can can see we need to remove both of the small ridges to net us some increased steering throw Mr. Dremel will make sure work of this! Were also going to remove these small tabs as well as they are also preventing the steering from maxing out And in less then 10 minutes, we've increased our steering throw for free! Later in the day, I was simply dying to take "Frostbyte II" on its first real test trials at the new bash pit I found several months ago for my Baja 5T. I really did want to reveal my project as all brand new, shiny and with no scratches. \But I just had to know for sure how this build was going and if it needed any changes or modifications to my liking. With the weather clearing up and my patience at an end, I took "Frostbyte II" on its trail run and....well, this was the result The included FLM XL chassis rear dogbone pin snapped after a hard landing and I was instantly down to FWD on my Flux after only driving 10 mins. Lame...... To make the day end on an even more sad note, I incorrectly took a jump and flew sideways into a dead burn pile and slammed into a sharp tree branch, puncturing one of my new wheels. Grrrrrrrrrr, talk about bad luck for a first time drive out. Now i've got emergency orders placed at Amain and TCS Crawlers to replaced my damaged parts along with my enroute body and paint. With that said, I hope to get the project done by Labor Day weekend. Ung....I was not planning on buying a new set of tires and wheels already, this hobby sucks sometimes. I guess its still cheaper then owning/running my Baja 5T.....