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Old 01-01-2009 | 11:48 PM
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powers900
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Default After Cleaning Settings

The good news is I was able to accomplish the cleaning and managed to get all parts put back togehter. I took if for a test run and noticed some diffrent changes that had happend from taking off all of the recommended parts for cleaing. The simple green and wd40 worked very well.

Things I noticed that was diffrent on the test run after cleaning

#1 The gear from the motor coming off the clutch bell that meets the middle diff was slightly looser than previous. I messed around with the motor positioning and I could only get two diffrent settings. One setting was way to close and made it hard to turn by hand. The second setting that I went with was slight looser. I couldnt find an in between so I went with the looser option. Its not really loose only slightly looser than the factory. Is this ok?

#2 My steering sharpness was horrible. In order to do a full turn at higher speeds I had to make a wide looping turn to get the car to make a full turn. Not sure why this would happen? Can I fix this with radio controls on the reciever or do I need to adjust settings on the servos?

#3 At high speeds the front suspension would dip and the bottom of the car would hit the pavement. Didnt mess with any of the suspesnion while cleaning. Can I just adjust the front suspension springs to solve this problem?

This was a huge accomplishment on its own. I am really bad at putting things back together and not very mechanically inclined. I took multiple paper cups and labeled notes to put inside each cup so that knew where each hex bolt/part went when putting back together. Thanks for everyones help. I have to admit I was a big pain today but If you have help why not.