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pinion angle help
- Thread starter slowride1
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Mr. Ed
RCC Addict
You want your pinion's pointing toward the center of the chassis:lol:
Just kidding just look at most of the comp rigs and you'll see how to set your pinion angle. really it's just up to you."thumbsup"
soundcolor
Rock Crawler
I try to keep mine as flat as possible. the reason for this is simple. In the front, if your pinion angle is pushed up then the front of your servo is going to be pointing down, this will cause your steering links, and servo to get caught on more rocks. In the rear you can get away with a little more angle because all you have back there is electronics or batts. Howver, the farther you rotate your pinion, the more they are gonna want to slid off the back, this is bad for weight transfer...
Manning
RCC Addict
aim the rear at the trans to gain clearance from obstacles.
keep the front mostly horizontal so the caster stays correct. If you aim the front pinion shaft at the trans, then the caster goes negative, and that makes the steering goofy.
keep the front mostly horizontal so the caster stays correct. If you aim the front pinion shaft at the trans, then the caster goes negative, and that makes the steering goofy.
rex cars
Pebble Pounder
also check the pinion angle at full compression and droop. my homebrew rear 4link has a few degrees of rise, so i have to set the pinion angle a little lower than ideal so it isn't too high at compression.
