rc10gt steering adjustment
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 2:58 pm
Hey all - Been enjoying my (new to me) rc10gt a bunch. I have a question about how to adjust the steering though.
My remote control's adjustment (the fine tuning 'wheel', pot switch, whatever ya'll call it) is cranked all the way to get teh wheels to align left, literally. Car still slightly leans right, though it's drivable. Still, I'd much prefer for that adjustment to be more in the center and the car drive perfectly (or as much can be) straight with the option of tweaking the adjustment if necessary.
For those (most of you I'm sure) who haven't been following my posts, I got this car used, but the previous owner apparently didn't drive it more than once or twice, and I'm doubting he bothered with proper setup/configuration based on the lack of use.
I see a metal nut on what would be the front passenger side which seems to link some of the front steering servo stuff to the linkage on the front wheels, but turning it made no difference. How do I go about making an adjustment? I didn't see anything on the servo (though I'm no master at this stuff by ANY means) to set a 'zero' position or anything.. Only thing I can think of is removing the ball cup dealio thing that's on the first metal rod off the servo and trying to adjust it by making it looser or tighter, but as they are plastic and I have no idea what it's existing setting is, I'm not sure if that's what I should do or if I'm going to end up breaking it (are they adjustable, of glued/locked into place?) or of if that metal nut (it's a round thumb-screw-type thing??) is the key to adjusting, or something entirely else.. If possible, a link to a photo or something would be great if it's not dead plainly obvious what I need to do
Thanks in advance for your assistance
My remote control's adjustment (the fine tuning 'wheel', pot switch, whatever ya'll call it) is cranked all the way to get teh wheels to align left, literally. Car still slightly leans right, though it's drivable. Still, I'd much prefer for that adjustment to be more in the center and the car drive perfectly (or as much can be) straight with the option of tweaking the adjustment if necessary.
For those (most of you I'm sure) who haven't been following my posts, I got this car used, but the previous owner apparently didn't drive it more than once or twice, and I'm doubting he bothered with proper setup/configuration based on the lack of use.
I see a metal nut on what would be the front passenger side which seems to link some of the front steering servo stuff to the linkage on the front wheels, but turning it made no difference. How do I go about making an adjustment? I didn't see anything on the servo (though I'm no master at this stuff by ANY means) to set a 'zero' position or anything.. Only thing I can think of is removing the ball cup dealio thing that's on the first metal rod off the servo and trying to adjust it by making it looser or tighter, but as they are plastic and I have no idea what it's existing setting is, I'm not sure if that's what I should do or if I'm going to end up breaking it (are they adjustable, of glued/locked into place?) or of if that metal nut (it's a round thumb-screw-type thing??) is the key to adjusting, or something entirely else.. If possible, a link to a photo or something would be great if it's not dead plainly obvious what I need to do
Thanks in advance for your assistance