Wheels Stuggle turning.

[Now Notorious]

I have a New Notorious that I have ran one time through a full pack. What would make My wheels turn and center great when the wheels are not on the ground. Once the truck is sitting the wheels will not turn, it struggles. It does this with a brand new Hitec 925 servo and the stock servo. I have adjusted my steering end points. I am flustered as to what this could be. I have never had this issue with my Teknomt410

 

[Gt rubicon]

Did the nut on the servo saver loosen itself, if its resting on the chassis you will want to tighten it up a bit

 

[Now Notorious]

No not at all. At first I thought it may have been that my Hitec got too cold over the Christmas break here in Michigan but today is 50 degrees and it is still doing the same thing

 

[olds97_lss]

It will keep loosening itself. Someone on here uses some shock spacers from traxxas I think to keep the nut up in the middle of the threads. I used blue gel threadlock and it worked for a while, then loosened up on me yesterday. So last night, I cleaned the post of blue threadlock, then put it where I think I want it and put red threadlock on it.

Could also use teflon tape.

 

[Gt rubicon]

I’m the one that suggested the Traxxas shock spacer, it is still working for us. It was my 13 yr old sons idea!

 

[Jimbobjr]

I’m the one that suggested the Traxxas shock spacer, it is still working for us. It was my 13 yr old sons idea!

Smart young man.

 

[Now Notorious]

It is not loose though!

Smart young man.

 

[Gt rubicon]

How far up is it from the bottom of the chassis?

 

[Notorious J]

Maybe your pillowballs are too tight.

 

[Now Notorious]

The servo saver is factory.

 

[Notorious J]

I’m the one that suggested the Traxxas shock spacer, it is still working for us. It was my 13 yr old sons idea!

+1 for this idea. Really easy and very inexpensive. With the variety of different sizes collars available, you can increase or decrease as necessary ?

 

[Now Notorious]

That might be. This is my first RC with PillowBall suspension

Maybe your pillowballs are too tight.

 

[Notorious J]

The servo saver is factory.

Try to put a small wedge between the servo and the mount. It stops some flex that will help your steering but probably shorten the life of the servo

 

[Now Notorious]

Checked the pillow balls. All four screws were flush and not tight. More on the looser side than anything

 

[Now Notorious]

Try to put a small wedge between the servo and the mount. It stops some flex that will help your steering but probably shorten the life of the servo

Would a different servo saver matter?

 

[Gt rubicon]

That picture isn’t the servo saver, it’s the servo arm, g to page 79 in the manual, look at part ar340065. That’s what you keep adjusted properly to keep the servo saver working properly, part ar340073.

 

[TraverseCity420]

No not at all. At first I thought it may have been that my Hitec got too cold over the Christmas break here in Michigan but today is 50 degrees and it is still doing the same thing

What part are you from that its 50 ?!?! I'm struggling up here to reach 40!!

 

[Notorious J]

That might be. This is my first RC with PillowBall suspension

Tighten to snug, back of quarter turn and test. Continue backing off a quarter turn until it feels

Would a different servo saver matter?

Nope. If your truck is new, it just needs tweaks. I can't imagine your servo or servo saver are the issue. The pillowballs would be my first guess. They can be adjusted with the wheels still on, with one of the larger allen keys included in the box. Here's a video link:

This can be done through the holes in the wheels while they're still on the truck

 

[Now Notorious]

Would a different servo saver matter?

The only other thing I can think of is I replaced the servo mount with a HR aluminum. If the HR sits higher, this would put a bind wouldn’t it

 

[bicketybam]

The servo saver is factory.

It looks likw your servo saver is way to loose. The spring on mine is compressed way more than that.