halayli

Thanks a lot, pics would be really helpful.. I am attaching additional pictures after what you mentioned. As you can see, the bell cranks are pointing to the right more than the left now but I still see the right wheel's angle pointing outward more than the left.

Should the bell cranks be absolutely at the center?

Am I wrong, or are the wheel angles on each side different? If so, how can this happen if both links are exactly the same length?

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bertrandsv87

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You have to zero the servo, then re-attach the servo horn to the servo to get everything similar on both sides ! You will probably endup with more bellcrank showing in one direction or another anyway, just try to minimize the difference as much as possible...

bertrandsv87

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By the way, did you check your front toe ? It looks way out....

MikeR

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Hi,

It can happen if your camber is not identical on both sides<<<<
It can happen if your hinge pin spacers/ roll spacers are not the same on both side.
It can happen if the ball end are not screwed in perfectly square and level.

You can't judge it by eye and especially by a camera pic. You need to pick up camber gauge/ toe in gauge tools to eliminate any human error

halayli

That's my dilemma . I have the link attachments exactly at the same length yet the toe angles are different

halayli

cambers is identical according to the camber gauge.

Can you elaborate more on the second two points? I am not very familiar with the terminology you used

I am planning to get a hudy measurement kit, but what surprises me is that the two wheels have a different toe angles even though they have same link attachment lengths. Or at least that's what my eye sees, hopefully a measurement proves me wrong.

TryHard

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It's because the steering is off centre. The bell cranks need to be in the centre as well, not like how it appears in the picture with them pointing to the left (which with the way the steering works, gives more right angle on the wheels)

By the look of it, make the two steering links a little longer (half a turn each or so), then forget about them.

You then need to adjust either the servo horn postion (by transmitter sub-trim), or the length of the drag link between the steering and servo.
Quite simply, IMO, the manual is not right in regards to the length of the drag link, so this needs to be adjusted to get it right, in combination with the servo horn position. That one link helps to control the position of the steering, in both directions. With the steering off centre, you get the effect you are seeing, with one wheel looking to have more toe than the other.

When I take some pics over the weekend, I'll measure all the link lengths I use as well, and note them down for you.

Don't worry about using lots of sub-trim to get the servo in the right place, I'm running with about 40 points to the right to get the horn where I need (sanwa tranny). It's more critical to get the horn and drag link in the right place than worrying about having a lot of sub-trim on the transmitter.

Regards
Ed

kentech

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http://kentech.blogs.se/

Turillo

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Ohhhhhh.......shh***T!


Looks awesome! Thanks for sharing.

transplantlife

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can't wait for this one!!

hana166

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Funny this is exactly how I run my top deck. Makes perfect sense to me. A bit more flex from the chassis also makes sense too. The closer it is to the 416X lipo the better, as it was a better car.

TryHard

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So... also looks like you can run a jointed and cut motor mount by removing the insert (look closely at pics on Kentech's blog)... Like it, will be a new car for me soon then!

Ed

chrisk

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So update will be:

1. Lower deck
2. Upper deck
3. Motor mount
4. Shock mounts


Is this correct?

TryHard

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looks that way... couple of changes to the motor mount (brace + motor holes), Upper deck is more flexible (although can modify a current one to the same), same for lower deck (more tricky to do...).
Shock mounts look like a good idea though, and I can see myself getting a second set to mount on my current 7.

Ed