Originally Posted by
Mxer59
I built my FT finally glued wheels to it and put on the floor to rOll it, and it won't even spin, then I heard a click and everything feels free and smooth like it should. Is it safe to run?
My guess, as something similar happened to my buddy, was that one of the pins in the rear CVD was binding on the bearing (slipped out slightly when assembling the rest of the rear arms/hubs). His slipped enough that you could drag it across the ground and the wheels stayed locked up. If yours was just barely out of alignment, it might have popped back in.
Originally Posted by
motobigalow
okay guys just finished my factory team kit, and was going to head out to the track. tossed it down on the garage floor to test it out and when I turn the wheels all the way to the right I lose drive and I can hear something slipping? Any thoughts? I am extremely careful when building but guess I could have missed something.
What ESC/Radio/Servo are you using? If you are using an ESC with a low BEC, and a servo with a high stall current (ie. Savox), you might not be hearing a slipping.....it might be your electronics being overloaded by a servo that is drawing too much.
Without trying to drive forward, set your steering endpoints to the point where you don't hear the servo at full lock (if you are pushing beyond the physical limitations of the steering rack, you should hear the servo stressing to push farther, and possibly even see the steering assembly bow a bit under the stress). I would even go 5-10% less than the physical end points to start, as this truck as SO much steering to begin with.
Try that and let us know!