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vbgagnon
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What servo are you running? That could be your problem. You want something that is fast and has over 100oz of torque.
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the Mayhem has just a bitty bit too much caster in the steering
so to get more steering power
- you can carefully, dremel or cut 1-2 mm of the front suspension arms to be able to put another plastic clip behind them
or - you can put ticker oil (7500-10000) in the middle diff, which will give you more steering power, but then perhaps you will need to put some more camber degree too, to compensate the roll-over tendensy, keep 5000 oil in front diff
or - put some heavier oil (1500-2000) in the rear diff
- as said above; a powerfull steeeringservo
at least as hitec 645MG does wonders too
- check also, if your steering balls are free enough to rotate
or not tightned up by dust, there as to be some minimal initial play there
so to get more steering power
- you can carefully, dremel or cut 1-2 mm of the front suspension arms to be able to put another plastic clip behind them
or - you can put ticker oil (7500-10000) in the middle diff, which will give you more steering power, but then perhaps you will need to put some more camber degree too, to compensate the roll-over tendensy, keep 5000 oil in front diff
or - put some heavier oil (1500-2000) in the rear diff
- as said above; a powerfull steeeringservo
at least as hitec 645MG does wonders too
- check also, if your steering balls are free enough to rotate
or not tightned up by dust, there as to be some minimal initial play there
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vbgagnon
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If i'm not mistaken its a Jr590m? That is an ok servo, but I would swap it for something stronger. if you want to stick to JR I would go to a 650 (I think thats what it is) the one above what you have stock, and I would put the 590 as your throttle /brake servo. Then you would have an awsome setup.
Candyman
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Are you running the RTR version?
Candyman
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I posted this in the Mayhem thread, but it's an easy mod that will give your steering a bit more power. Check to see where you have your power switch on the buggy plugged into. Usually it's plugged into the BATT slot on the receiver. I discovered with a little research here and a couple other places that if you have it plugged in there, it only sends 4.8v to the servos. Take the switch plug out and file the bumps off it so that you can plug it into the AUX slot on the receiver. That will send the full 6.0v to the servos. You'll notice they are a lot faster and will give you a bit more torque. Yes, switching to a higher torque servo will help also, but until you decide to buy one, this will give you more performance.
Candyman
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Yeah, I should have been a bit more specific. I was talking specifically about the JR R135 receiver that comes with the RTR package. Thanks Mike.
Candyman
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It may drain the batteries faster because it will be using higher voltage. But try it and see what you think of the difference. To me it sounded like the servos were moving faster. And that's a good thing.
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