Outcast Upgraded steering

[dure16]

Steering kinda sucks in my Outcast EXB. It feels loose, slow, and clunky.

Primal 70kg servo. Stock servo saver and steering components.

I bought a better servo but am wondering if there’s anything else I should change while I’m in there.

Hot racing servo saver?
M2C steering bellcrank kit?
Something else?

I don’t want to buy unnecessary upgrades so I’m curious which changes actually tighten up the steering.

Thanks

 

[SrC]

70kg servos seem too weak for some. Others, its ok and better than the stocker one. Get a more $powerfu$l one?
Look over the Servo Saver spring better??
Check the Pivot balls... are not too tight. They can bind up with dirt ingress sometimes.
I don't have an 8s to advise any better.

 

[djrahbee]

Vitavon if what you try doesn't work. Although it has presented a few other issues I've experienced. This not being one but a common one for me, on both 8s rigs: I keep breaking the screws that go from the steering links to the bell crank (and sometimes the screw on the other end of link to the knuckle). I think they need to be a larger diameter and been thinking about how to achieve this. Easy to tap the bell crank but not the those link ball ends with the hex on one side..

 

[Moirae]

That vitavon kit so expensive but I bet it would be a giant upgrade. Maybe I will do it for at least one of them

Vitavon if what you try doesn't work. Although it has presented a few other issues I've experienced. This not being one but a common one for me, on both 8s rigs: I keep breaking the screws that go from the steering links to the bell crank (and sometimes the screw on the other end of link to the knuckle). I think they need to be a larger diameter and been thinking about how to achieve this. Easy to tap the bell crank but not the those link ball ends with the hex on one side..

I was having a problem with those screws with the stock stuff haha. I've started using longer screws with lock nuts on the tire side. On the bellcrank side I haven't had a problem with the screws since I red locktited that poop

 

[fredw90]

I run the aluminum HR knockoff servo saver. It’s like $17 on amazon and was a noticeable improvement.

Is the steering how I would like it to be? No, but it is good enough until I want to drop dumb money on the agfrc and vitavon kit.

 

[dure16]

I run the aluminum HR knockoff servo saver. It’s like $17 on amazon and was a noticeable improvement.

Got a link?

 

[djrahbee]

red locktited that poop

That definitely helped for sure! But I broke another one right before I went on vacay and was pretty pissed..

 

[dure16]

That vitavon kit so expensive but I bet it would be a giant upgrade. Maybe I will do it for at least one of them

I was having a problem with those screws with the stock stuff haha. I've started using longer screws with lock nuts on the tire side. On the bellcrank side I haven't had a problem with the screws since I red locktited that poop

What servo saver do you use?

 

[Moirae]

What servo saver do you use?

stock on all 3 8s arrma rigs I own. Cheap primal or jx in all 3 as well. I hate the speed of the steering on my arrma 8s rigs. Feelsbad because my xrts use cheap ali express 80kg 1/8th servo and it's fast and has been durable. If there was some type of affordable adapter to use 1/8th scale servo in the arrma 8s rigs I'd do it in a heartbeat instead of spending 300$ on a good fast 1/5th servo.

 

[SrC]

Yeah 8s 1/5 servos are $$$$. That above is 10 times the price of my cheap DS3235 35kg AMZ Standard size servos.
Play big, pay hard.

 

[dure16]

To be fair, good 1/5 servos aren’t much more than good 1/8 servos.

 

[kratonwatch]

stock on all 3 8s arrma rigs I own. Cheap primal or jx in all 3 as well. I hate the speed of the steering on my arrma 8s rigs. Feelsbad because my xrts use cheap ali express 80kg 1/8th servo and it's fast and has been durable. If there was some type of affordable adapter to use 1/8th scale servo in the arrma 8s rigs I'd do it in a heartbeat instead of spending 300$ on a good fast 1/5th servo.

I got the bigger primal 13130 and it cost me 189 out the door. Shipping was free and no tax for me. It’s an awesome servo IMO

 

[fredw90]

Got a link?

Vgoohobby Steering Servo Saver... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B4SYHNS9?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Don’t crank down on it too tight. Killed the old stock v1 spektrum servo by accident that way.