little L piece?

[bigblazerboy]

what is the best place to buy one, or should i make one?
i am not going to put servo on axle because i dont want to take away from the scale looks and im going to make a scaler out of mine.

[Offroader5]

Little "I" piece or "L" piece? Not sure what you mean.

[4u2nv]

I'm not sure what you are looking for either but if it's a stock piece go to Liquid RC cheap prices, cheap shipping and fast.

[LST022752]

I think he means the steering bellcrank.

[bigblazerboy]

Originally Posted by LST022752

I think he means the steering bellcrank.

yes, thats what i ment. i found a piece from an erector set and it works for now. i want to get an aluminum version of the stock one , not a nother stock one.

[bigblazerboy]

does integy make good parts from experence.
im looking at theirs but it looks kinda weak and aslo looking at this but it is a whole kit.

[Offroader5]

You can just use a 90 degree two legged servo horn, they make them in aluminum. Here is the actual bellcrank though: http://www.liquidrc.com/index.php?ma...ducts_id=35369

[Locked Up]

The issue with the aftermarket bellcrank (also called steering lever II) is that it doesn't do squat to help your turning radius and if you are breaking stock stuff you probably need all the help you can get.

I think most people go to axle mounted servos to solve that. I, like you, didn't want to put the servo on the axle, so I made a bellcrank that has a longer arm on the front side. This allowed my knuckles to go lock to lock (even after trimming them out) but it also reduced the torque going out to the knuckles. Because of the torque reduction, I went to the aftermarket servo.

Course once you add lockers, grippy tires and weighted wheels, your regular BEC is gonna struggle to turn the wheels in bad spots regardless. That's why I went to the CC BEC, which I am running at 6.6 volts and my steering is a lot better. Once I go to Lipo I am planning on going to 7.2v

I also had to beef up the stock draglink & tie rod a little by CAing some metal rods in there... not sure why I "polished the turds" there but I am planning on some nice links to replace the regular WK stuff.

Of course the best steering mod I made was the dig setup but that's another story.

It's a snowball effect. You find one weakness and fix it ... only to find another

[bigblazerboy]

Originally Posted by Offroader5

You can just use a 90 degree two legged servo horn, they make them in aluminum. Here is the actual bellcrank though: http://www.liquidrc.com/index.php?ma...ducts_id=35369

i thought of that today also. that is the bellcranck i might get and also 4wd from there and wheels but i have to wait till christmas.

[bigblazerboy]

should be ordering the 4wd kit and aluminum bellcrank from liquid rc tommorow after i go to hobby town.

[JavelinSST390]

I used an Ofna 1/8 aluminum 90-dgree servo arm on mine. Works great, and looks cool, too. (plus it was 3.99 reg. price and it was in the 50% off bin at the LHS WOOHOO!)



But I gotta tell you, the problem isn't the bellcrank, it's the flex in the piece the bellcrank is MOUNTED to.

Wanna take all the slop out of the steering? You need these:

http://www.integy.com/cgi-bin/webc.c...39107438345.d7

or these:

http://rc4wdstore.com/product_info.php?products_id=628

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[bigblazerboy]

nice idea, wheni got to my lhs i will check for one. i need the bellcrank because it broke one me and might have to get 3link mount later for front but im going to so straight axle in the rear.

[BJoe]

I'm contemplating the same stuff Javelin, mainly to reinforce all those areas, especially the UCA mount.

[BJoe]

Got the Integy parts, works great now even with only a 625MG!

[bigblazerboy]

i got mine a week ago and it is nice but i lost one of the screws because i didnt but locktite on it, but went to the bike shop up the street and got screws and they were longer so they worked out better and we just cut the end off and it has a rough end so it wont unscrew without messin it all up.

[BJoe]

WHich screw? I'm concerned about the 2mm countersunk ones on the I-Piece and the rest have been replaced with better stuff and thread locked already.

[bigblazerboy]

the 2 screws on the outside if the bellcrank, were the rods attach to it.

[BJoe]

Ah ok, I swapped those for buttonhead allan screws from Traxxas then thread locked those and the screw that holds the bellcrank to the UCA mount.