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Old 05-25-2012 | 10:35 AM
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Default RPM #73375 Heavy Duty Ball Ends

Originally Posted by rcpaintinpete
I had to put the rpm cups on my kids car what a big Difference they made
Installing the RPM #73375 Heavy Duty Ball Ends was the first thing I did in my quest to eliminate the steering slop.

They tightened up the steering a whole bunch.

REAL tight = I used a little Powdered Graphite in each one & worked each cup around it's respective ball, tapped out the excess and that improved their function.

The best part = once these were installed it was easier to find the other steering slop issues.

ADDED 08/24/2012

I forgot to add this earlier:

I still had some servo buzz - very slight and not always, but sometimes. In GOOGLING the issue, I came up with two probable causes = 1) The servo is ng or 2) Something is binding in the linkage. Mine was #2.

I removed all of the linkage ball studs, chucked each one up in a Dremel and polished each one with 500 grit silicon carbide paper to removed the factory black coating and then reinstalled = no more buzz.





Last edited by Marv; 08-24-2012 at 09:55 AM. Reason: Content Added
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