Wraith Servo and Steering link question *new wraith*

[Mayday!]

Hi,

So I just picked up a Wraith, I'm going to be using it mostly for crawling and less rock racing. I've used a Scx10 a lot in the past, and finally broke down and bought a Wraith. The first thing I noticed when I was crawling around on my bed ( come on we've all done it) is that the from steering link/servo is horrible. Which obviously doesn't work well for slow on rock crawling.


So I was considering upgrading the servo, but I read that the servo by itself won't do much and that the links are made out of a potato and flex a bit. If I upgrade the link and the servo am I just going to end up breaking other stuff?

I'm really not wanting to dump a ton of money into this, but this seems like a number one fix

[seanmnew]

Steering linkage must obviously go, you can see the flex just by touching it it. Chubs/knuckles should also be replaced to avoid breakage

[allanon1965]

Do the servo...castle BEC....and an aluminum servo horn\arm

The steering links flex to help prevent damage to the servo gears and other parts....

[Lentsnh2012]

Get a Castle BEC and STRC/VP/BlueMonkeyRC etc steering kit but keep the plastic servo arm on there. If you hit anything too hard, the plastic servo arm will strip out instead of hurting your servo.

[lala4fire]

I did the reasearch and I ended up with the hitec 7954, vanquise steering links and robitronics servo horn. I felt this was the best bang for your buck. The barn.com sells the servo for like 70.00 bucks. These are all quality parts and will serve you well.

[Mayday!]

So Question:

Am I at risk of breaking the Servo the first day out? Tomorrow I'm heading out of town and meeting a friend, we are going to rock crawl and play in the sand.

[Japanwraith]

personal experience my stok wraith servo fried on my first run 5 minutes in. As far as steering goes i recently upgraded to the ckrc steering set up and am in love it bring the linkage up out of the way gives me max steering through and was fair cheap. i also run a astle bec and savox servo putting 444 oz out. must upgrade steering if you plan on doing any mild/hard crawling.

[THX_138]

Originally Posted by Mayday!

So Question:

Am I at risk of breaking the Servo the first day out? Tomorrow I'm heading out of town and meeting a friend, we are going to rock crawl and play in the sand.

Yep, you will fry the servo, break an axle hub and strip the spur gear (and most likely twist a driveshaft if it runs long enough) all in the first 5-10 minutes of use.

Welcome to the hobby


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[mbrycet]

It will always be something, but like I try to tell my wife, that's part of the fun!

[Mud Puppy]

I swapped in an STRC steering setup (annoyed that he end links were not included and had to source them).
I have run the stock servo for 10 runs. When my rig binds up bad I don't try to force it, I back out or pick it up. Driving that way the stock knuckles are doing fine but I already have major slop in the servo.

A Blue-Bird servo is going in this week. It's a cheap servo but it's tough and waterproof. I have them in my SCX10, Stampede, and Slash and have never broken one.

[Mayday!]

Well the Wraith survived its first day. Went to Montana De Oro (Near San Luis Obispo, Ca) and ran through the dirt for a while then headed down near the tide pools and crawled on the rocks. I had a lot of fun and really want to get a really nice crawling location!

Here's a couple of pics

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