Rear steer for $35??

[FritoBandito]

WTFBBQ?? 2 links (yea they're nice), a servo saver that I'm not gonna use, and a jiggly servo horn that I'm not gonna use, for 1/6 the price of the whole kit? $35?? Am I missing something???

Guess green anodizing must be a spendy process.

[PEDEcrawlerguy]

if you want rear steer, just get an extra servo ( you might already have one). The ax 10 kit comes with 2 axle plate/servo mounts,... i just used 6-32 rod, then sleeved it with 3/16 brake line, i used the build manual and made them the same length as the front linkage... and WALA... rear steer....

[FritoBandito]

Originally Posted by PEDEcrawlerguy

if you want rear steer, just get an extra servo ( you might already have one). The ax 10 kit comes with 2 axle plate/servo mounts,... i just used 6-32 rod, then sleeved it with 3/16 brake line, i used the build manual and made them the same length as the front linkage... and WALA... rear steer....

Yea, I have a bunch of 4-40 rod and carbon fiber tubing that I'm gonna use. Not sure about how I'm gonna do the bent ends to the rods but I'll figure something out. My previous post was just more of a rant than anything else.

[tdeal823]

4-40 is to small you will yank out the threads quickly I would step up to 6-32

[tdeal823]

3/16 brake line has a good inside diameter for 6/32 you can run a tap in the ends for a tie rod link.

There is a thread about making links.
its a sticky somewhere about it.

[tdeal823]

RCCRAWLER tips, cheap tricks / parts guide.

[FritoBandito]

Thanks man. Since I already have em I'll give the 4-40 rods a shot. If I strip em out I'll step up.

As far as the brake line goes, isn't that stuff supposed to be relatively flexible?

[freetimecrawler]

Just making sure your not planning on running in any comps? 4ws is not allowed for competition use, in the 2.2 class.

[FritoBandito]

Originally Posted by freetimecrawler

Just making sure your not planning on running in any comps? 4ws is not allowed for competition use.

Well I hadn't planned on competing but you never know. No rear steer? I'm kind of surprised by that. Why not?

heh... really the main reason I want rear steer is because of all the work I put into my controller.
My Modded TQ3 Update - Added EPA pots
After all that it'd be lame not to use it.

[mysharona]

because your allowed to use reverse, where the opposite is true for supers, no reverse, ok on rear steer. silly huh?

[roborg5000]

Originally Posted by mysharona

because your allowed to use reverse, where the opposite is true for supers, no reverse, ok on rear steer. silly huh?

Could do a DIG setup. Its allowed in comps.. right? Im trying to build one now.

[Mnster]

Originally Posted by mysharona

because your allowed to use reverse, where the opposite is true for supers, no reverse, ok on rear steer. silly huh?

You might want to reread the rule book. You can reverse in 2.2 and super. Rear steering was knocked out in 2.2 to make the class more competitive, scale and budget friendly.




Dig setups are allowed in comps and pretty much everyone and their brother is running one now a days.

[FritoBandito]

hmm... well for now since I'm just screwing around I'll have rear steer. Take me all of 5 minutes to remove if necessary. I'm very interested in dig but I need to lear more about it. Seems like there were a lot of changes during my break from crawling.

[PEDEcrawlerguy]

when i did my rear steer on the AX10, i just used the extra rod ends in the kit ( the straight ones) and then bent my tie rod out a little to clear the diff