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Old 01-16-2004 | 05:29 AM
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Originally posted by ammdrew
okay I hate to get technical here but ackerman is not bump steer, moving the arms up or down in the same location will change how the front toe reacts through the suspension movement, to change ackerman you need to change mounting positions, like shorter or longer arms, this also would require a new servo saver to compensate for the different angle created between the two side.. the 710 has fixed ackerman.. but you can adjust bump steer by moving the arm mount form top to bottom, and in on and off road bump steer is usually never considered a good thing....
Although you are right in that moving the balls on top introduces bump steer, it also changes the ackerman slightly because the servo saver and steering hub do not rotate around the same axis (due to camber, caster and offset).
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