Steering update

[GoffeeRedCat]

I'm putting it on my car for field testing this week. If it fits as expected I'll send one out to Strodedawg for more testing.I'll throw up some pic's when it's on the car.

Swwweeeettttt cant wait!!! I really hope no more steering rack slop!!!

 

[Nurchburgler]

Any updates?

Waiting patiently..suffering..emotional..no worries though

 

[Guest]

I'm putting it on my car for field testing this week. If it fits as expected I'll send one out to Strodedawg for more testing.I'll throw up some pic's when it's on the car.

Look'n forward to the pics as well!

 

[teedog12]

they can change their name to catfart racing

that's a good one

 

[strodedawg]

put the rack in a stock xb-e i convinced a fried to buy and fit was perfect. much more responsive than stock junk.

shock shaft and servo arm broke on the servo saver, but i think the hit he took from that losi would have shattered more than that with the stock set-up

removed from his buggy, added losi steering links

looking for a shock with a thicker shaft and mounting to an aluminum servo arm

have some AE shocks to try

awesome work

 

[Guest]

Have any pics?

 

[krashkrieg]

Thanks for the update DAWG....post some Pics please

 

[strodedawg]

ill get some some pics before wednesday

 

[Ol' fart]

Sounds like you tested the hell out of it. Is the servo OK? I looked for a servo saver shaft 1/8th thick but I could not find one. LMK what you come up with.

 

[strodedawg]

ill check with him today, we are doing some indoor carpet offroad friday night so our attention has been split......pro-line shocks 3.5mm shaft hmmmmmm

 

[krashkrieg]

Maybe Elcon has a design that can help...haven't done any research on the part, but this picture just posted by Wicked looked promising.

http://imageshack.us/a/img19/6382/img6912medium.jpg

His thread

http://www.redcatrampageforum.com/showthread.php?t=10261

 

[strodedawg]

yes it does look promising......and probablt too long.

so much fun with custom stuff

 

[bigfol]

They look to be loaded with a spring at each end and maybe oil filled as well.....Looks the goods.

 

[Obeast44]

The elcon ones are not oil filled, that was the design I suggested when we were talking about it a few months back. Hopefully he can come up with a suitable alternative.

 

[bigfol]

I reckon Ol'fart could knock up something smilar, that is spring loaded and oil filled, I think having a oil filled servo saver is key to that sort of design, its what I would do anyway.....It needs to have both oil, springs and valves just like inside a shock absorber for it to work the way we would need it too.....The body wouldn't need to be that big either, small stiff springs would work.

 

[Obeast44]

I reckon Ol'fart could knock up something smilar, that is spring loaded and oil filled, I think having a oil filled servo saver is key to that sort of design, its what I would do anyway.....It needs to have both oil, springs and valves just like inside a shock absorber for it to work the way we would need it too.....The body wouldn't need to be that big either, small stiff springs would work.

I mentioned using an air based shock, that way if it needed to be disassembled for tuning it wouldnt be as messy to do in the field/track.

Here is something I have been eyeballing for it:

http://gmade.net/dealer/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=15&products_id=532&zenid=a3f57bda115da019b2b03df20b8eff1d

 

[Guest]

That's a cool little shock.

 

[bigfol]

Yeah I agree, nice shock, but if you could use a shock like that with 2 springs inside the body and on either side of the plunger valve then you would have a neat and functional servo saver, using springs on the outside of the shock is asking for trouble, has anyone seen what's inside the elcon versions? They look like they are just soild shafts.....

 

[rampagemt]

That shock is nice. Bet its pricey

 

[Obeast44]

Yeah I agree, nice shock, but if you could use a shock like that with 2 springs inside the body and on either side of the plunger valve then you would have a neat and functional servo saver, using springs on the outside of the shock is asking for trouble, has anyone seen what's inside the elcon versions? They look like they are just soild shafts.....

What I was thinking of trying, if room permits, is using two of them. Take the top of one and the bottom of the other and bolt it to the servo horn. Then take the bottom/top that is left and mount it onto the steering post. If both shocks have similar spring weights the shafts should settle out at mid compression. That should give enough bound/rebound to be an effective saver.

The elcon version is a little complicated to explain. Just consider it like a double horizontally opposed shock.