Run the car for a battery or two, then check the hub bearings. Mine freed up significantly, and now there's a bit of play that wasn't there before. It doesn't seem to hurt anything, but I'd rather not have the additional play. I thought about using some higher quality bearings, but I have other stuff to do first.
Side-to-side play in the steering block? Do you mean play that is parallel to the steering king pin axis (I think of that as more up-and-down play, rather than side-to-side)? If so, then that seems to be fairly normal. Mine was the same way. It's too bad that AE didn't try to use some type of bearing in the caster block. The steering rack is very well made and slop free. It would be nice if the caster blocks and steering knuckles were the same way.
Good luck with the build!
Originally Posted by
Sarinexia
Bit of a question guys:
I'm assembling my RC8be and I have two questions: (fairly small)
Please reference the PDF instruction manual link:
http://teamassociated.com/pdf/cars_a...eft_manual.pdf
Page 9 Steering Block - when the CVA bone is secured in Steering Block, well, my left spins fairly freely, the right a bit choppy. Is this a big deal considering there will be 32k rpms pushing this? (I thought I might have got lock tite in there, maybe a drop onto the bearing, but barely anything if anything at all... I'm 99.9% sure no effect.)
Page 10 (the big question):
When the steering block is inserted into the caster block is there supposed to be any play side to side with the Steering block? I did insert the key bushing properly. The side to side play isn't exactly free flowing and the screw moves that secures the block bushing.
a. should there be any play in this?
b. and if there is some play, (movement side to side) does it matter?
From what I gather the steering block inside the caster shouldn't move. At all. But there is a little play. Is this a big deal?