Setting Endpoints?
 

Ok so I have a DX3R and I use it for all my stuff.. I am just wonderig the proper way to set end points of a serxo as I have never done it before.

In a crawler I use the JR 9100T in my off road and touring car I use the JR z8450 if that helps.

Thanks for the help

endpoint adjustment is a fine-tuning option, intended to be set so your servo throw is at max throw/movement allowed by the suspension of your vehicle so that the servo is not pushing hard against the stops in your car/truck. not set, it has the potential to damage the servo as it is always fighting to go further than the vehicle design allows

So how do I set it? I know I go into the travel part of my radio but as I move the travel up and down will the servo move? Noone had ever really explained this to me

I don't run that radio, mine is Futaba, but thats the way mine works. I take shell off so I can watch the wheels when setting the strg epa and run it down til I see it back off the strg stops and then run it back up until the travel just barely touches the stop. The repeat for teh other side. Then I run strg lock to lock a few times to test it out.


Nitro with throttle epa, I pull air cleaner off so I can see in the carb and set epa so the slide just clears the carb throat.

Ok so I set them tonight on my TC5, is it ok if I have it to where at full turn the steering block is just barely touching the caster block?

It should be ok if its just hardly touching right?

yup

Also is it ok if say my right is 75% and the left is say 70%?

Anyone have a answer to my last question? Its the last thing I need to know about it.

Yes, its ok, none of mine are equal either.

Not unusual in many cars other than pan cars, as the steering mechanism is frequently not completely balanced left to right.

Sweet thanks very much

Another thing to check is that your don't hear the servo straining or making a whining noise. Again to help make sure you dont damage the servo.

Also I would suggest moving your suspension all the way up and down while checking. Might be OK sitting level but bind during travel. Especially if you push it to the limit of just touching, something I would be a little leery of, I always leave just a little clearance to be safe.

+1

leaving a little breathing room is good.
you don't hear the servo straining, pushing against the built-in stops/limiters at full turn either direction

'Just touching' means diff things to diff people I guess. Mine are set that way and I've set up that way for years. My servos setup this way don't strain (they don't make that chattering noise like they do when they are straining) and they last.

As long as we're splitting hairs beware that EPA settings are not absolute (at least not on a 3PK radio) - Other programming functions can override the end point set under EPA. You need to consult your radio manual to make sure you're not also setting something that may affect your EPAs.