lol no wonder. you have over 2k posts here. you arent a rookie in either doing or helping rc stuff lol. shoulda noticed. so yea, to round this thread up, its your steering rack. dont put anything on it, it will attract dust and hair and carpet and w/e else there is to attract and will jam and bind and you wont go straight and hit a wall or a couple and wont be happy haha. hope its just the rack gunk.