dms70
Active Member
Hey everyone. I just did a search on this and read what came up. However I’m wondering if my issue has been experienced by others, or if I’ve got something going on. My v3 Kraton during a run with a buddy, lost steering. It had taken a light front end hit, so I did expect some damage. Upon inspection I found I had lost a steering rack bolt, bushing and washer. Also the stock rack was bent. I had already purchased a Voltage Hobbies rack, which when compared to the stock one was an obvious improvement. But I had held off on install because I knew I would be tearing into it soon enough. So I went to my lhs and picked up the hardware kit. Made the repair now with the VH rack, and thought I’m good to go. A couple runs later, it happened again. This time there was no hit to the front end, but simply lost the bolt, bushing etc. after about 10 minutes of ripping around. I had at home a leftover bolt and bushing, and made the repair again. Although it’s a nyloc nut captured in the stock plastic steering assembly, this time I added some blue loctite. One thing I noticed after the first repair was you can’t tighten that shoulder bolt down to much, as it causes steering bind. So I’ve tried to go as tight as I can before it binds. Has anyone else experienced this issue? My buddy has the same Kraton, although I’ve run mine a bit more, but he hasn’t had this issue. Do I need to carry the parts and tools to do this repair with me? I hope not, lol.