Aftermarket steering brace for the 18B - RC-Monster Forums

magman · **Aftermarket steering brace for the 18B -** 10.10.2008, 08:44 PM

I searched w/out luck for the steering brace that someone had posted a link to...it is a one piece mount made of a clear plastic , if I remember correctly...any ideas? It is not Integy or any other major co...it was a co. that I had not heard of before..

VintageMA · 10.10.2008, 09:00 PM

I think you may be thinking about the RC18 drag link that used to be made by Driven Productions. I had to dig up a billing invoice from early 2006 to find this but their site drivenpro.net doesn't seem to be around anymore.

You may be able to find something on e-bay.

Here's a few items I found that I used to run on my RC18:

http://cgi.ebay.com/RC18T-18B-18MT-18R-Driven-Productions-GEAR-COVER-NIB_W0QQitemZ220289288885QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item2 20289288885&_trkparms=72%3A1421|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12|240%3A13 18&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

http://cgi.ebay.com/RC18T-18B-18MT-Driven-Productions-DRAG-LINK-L-K-WH_W0QQitemZ220289340097QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item22 0289340097&_trkparms=72%3A1421|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12|240%3A13 18&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Hope that's what you are looking for - do a search for drven productions on e-bay and you;ll find a few different products.

magman · 10.10.2008, 09:07 PM

Thanks for the tip....It wasn't driven products, I saw it a week or so ago and can't remember the co. name. I will look up those products on e-bay...thanks

magman · 10.10.2008, 09:40 PM

I actually found the one I was looking for...http://www.toadztoyz.com/servlet/the...-Driven/Detail

TexasSP · 10.10.2008, 10:02 PM

Delrin is some good strong material. That should work quite well.

magman · 10.10.2008, 10:08 PM

I hope so...I am tired of the slop in the steering

hoovhartid · 10.11.2008, 01:30 AM

It works good, I had one.

http://www.thetoyz.com/cart/thetoyz_...riven+steering

What really cleaned up the slop for me was lundsford rods and 10th scale servo to use without the saver. Their servo saver design on the rc18's blow. I tried EVERYTHNG.
This thing; http://www.thetoyz.com/cart/thetoyz_...cat_name=RC18T
the aluminum steering brace got slop after awhile.

The only thing that held up was an oversized servo w/o the saver.

t-maxxracer32 · 10.11.2008, 03:21 AM

the aluminum steering crap kills servos also..

how the heck did you get a 1/10 scale servo in there?
i barely seem to fit a hs65 in there.

hoovhartid · 10.11.2008, 05:08 AM

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Originally Posted by t-maxxracer32

the aluminum steering crap kills servos also..

how the heck did you get a 1/10 scale servo in there?
i barely seem to fit a hs65 in there.

I bent some metal around it and made a custom brace. It wasnt easy

. Unfortunatly, I dont have any good pics of it to show you. I just sold it to blueb8llz. Maybe he can post some better pics for ya.

t-maxxracer32 · 10.11.2008, 10:03 AM

o damn you werent kidding.

well i just bought my third hs65 and if this one strips on me then i am going to go for a bigger servo.

VintageMA · 10.11.2008, 10:21 AM

I don't want to hijack the discussion on this thread of the RC18 steering but it's all been done and said so many times before. I think RC-Universe has some better discussions than here on 1/18 because there are parts of the forum just dedicated to the mini's and things BL here tend to be a bit larger scale.

IMO - the RC18 is a great little buggy/truck and I had one for easily 1 - 2years, but ultimately the steering issues, the developing slop issues and the leaking shock issues just got the better of me and I got the XRay M18T - maybe a little more expensive in the beginning but I have not had to replace a single part in 2 years, there is no steering slop, the shocks are awesome and the steering design is really impressive.

TexasSP · 10:33 AM

I don't think X-Ray makes anything that is bad. I have never heard of a single X-Ray complaint myself. This steering slop thing is what has kept me from buying an 18B. I have always liked them but do not want to deal with it. Even the guys I know who have worked to correct it still have issues.

t-maxxracer32 · 10.11.2008, 10:57 AM

i was looking to get an m18t a couple months ago but got a great deal on an 18t. the issues that you mentioned can be fixed vintage... except for steering slop. i think that is pretty much impossible to get rid of on these applications.

im trying all i can to prevent it or make it as nice as possible but still... its pretty bad.

hopefully someone will come up with something to fix it.

VintageMA · 10.12.2008, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by t-maxxracer32

hopefully someone will come up with something to fix it.

Unfortunately the models been out quite a while now with no true fix. I'm trying to remember what I ultimately did to try and fix it and I think it was going with a solid servo horn on a metal gear servo (one of the Hitecs mentioned here). I don't recall it fully fixed the problem and if you bumped anything going quick with a sidewards glancing blow to the front wheels it would strip servo gears.

One thing I would say is don't waste any money on the FT stuff as it is soft and will develop more slop over time.

Good luck.

hoovhartid · 11.15.2008, 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by t-maxxracer32

how the heck did you get a 1/10 scale servo in there?
i barely seem to fit a hs65 in there.

I recently got the truck back to do some work.

I snapped some pics for ya;