The AE FActory Team B44.2 Thread
07-24-2014 | 10:19 PM
#8043
I ran 81/20 with temps around 130 just fine. Perhaps your gear mesh could be a little too tight? Or possibly too much drag brake? I dont think a slipper setting could cause over heating but just in case heres how i set my slipper...
Put a hex wrench in the adjustment hole, pick up the rear end so tires are off the ground, apply small pressure to the front and roll the car until the front tires just start to skip. And if its still a little too loose for the track condition then i do the same but with the rear end on the ground and front raised up. I also run no drag brake.
Put a hex wrench in the adjustment hole, pick up the rear end so tires are off the ground, apply small pressure to the front and roll the car until the front tires just start to skip. And if its still a little too loose for the track condition then i do the same but with the rear end on the ground and front raised up. I also run no drag brake.
I tried doing that method to set the slipper but failed cuz my slipper is fairly new so the spring is very stiff, I had to set it at 3mm and use a clamp to put my slipper together.
07-24-2014 | 11:02 PM
#8044
Which route do you think I should go?
07-25-2014 | 12:28 PM
#8046
This .3 is what Tunnerman was working on while Kody & Bob finished up the B5. I assume those 2 engineers will be starting to look at the next gen 4wd buggy platform now, which probably wouldn't turn up for a couple years.
07-27-2014 | 01:43 PM
#8048
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Okay im having some issues with my 44.2 and im stumped. Just got this guy off a tech member with the JC sterring rack and RPMs front arms. Issue im having is the car will turn much farther left then right, and i mean ALOT. To get it drivable last night i had to set me EPA at 56 left and 95 right!
So far we have tried adjusting the steering linkage to manual spec, then longer and longer with no change. Also re centered the servo horn to several different points with no change. I have hit the steering links with a caliber several times and there both exactly the same length, using the same holes on the rack.
At this point all i can think is its the servo but it looks like the horn is moving equal distance left and right. Any suggestions?????
So far we have tried adjusting the steering linkage to manual spec, then longer and longer with no change. Also re centered the servo horn to several different points with no change. I have hit the steering links with a caliber several times and there both exactly the same length, using the same holes on the rack.
At this point all i can think is its the servo but it looks like the horn is moving equal distance left and right. Any suggestions?????
07-27-2014 | 01:58 PM
#8049
The servo horn should be clocked over a bit with the radio at center.
Then set your left & right steering end points on the radio to where tye servo barely humms at full lock each side. You can visually see when the wheel stops turning as you add more end point to that side. Thats where the servo really starts humming.
Then set your left & right steering end points on the radio to where tye servo barely humms at full lock each side. You can visually see when the wheel stops turning as you add more end point to that side. Thats where the servo really starts humming.
07-27-2014 | 02:24 PM
#8052
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The servo horn should be clocked over a bit with the radio at center.
Then set your left & right steering end points on the radio to where tye servo barely humms at full lock each side. You can visually see when the wheel stops turning as you add more end point to that side. Thats where the servo really starts humming.
Then set your left & right steering end points on the radio to where tye servo barely humms at full lock each side. You can visually see when the wheel stops turning as you add more end point to that side. Thats where the servo really starts humming.
I just dont understand why when i do this my end points so so far off from each other. Is this common with the 44?
07-27-2014 | 02:48 PM
#8053
And thats where we ended up, made the link as short as possible with horn a bit inward from center and set the end points so the servo wasnt over extending. Just 56 left and 92 right is weird, just redid it with a 62 left and 85 right. Still way off
I just dont understand why when i do this my end points so so far off from each other. Is this common with the 44?
I just dont understand why when i do this my end points so so far off from each other. Is this common with the 44?
Check to make sure you don't have two left or right Caster blocks installed, that could bind things up a bit.
07-27-2014 | 07:22 PM
#8055
And thats where we ended up, made the link as short as possible with horn a bit inward from center and set the end points so the servo wasnt over extending. Just 56 left and 92 right is weird, just redid it with a 62 left and 85 right. Still way off
I just don't understand why when i do this my end points so so far off from each other. Is this common with the 44?
I just don't understand why when i do this my end points so so far off from each other. Is this common with the 44?
From there I think mine is about 30 or so different. It's common with this buggy to not have close end points. With this to have 90° angles on all the link points the horn and end points are a little off.