The CEN MT doesn't seem to turn good under power. It turns but not good enough. I am thinking a lot of it comes from the suspension being so tight. My truck has the stock shocks on all four corners. My front and rear shocks are mounted at the same points on the towers. I am thinking that maybe I could set the front of the truck low and the rear high to transfer some of the weight to the front. It seems like the front of the truck is just too light. Is there any way to loosen up the suspension(adjust shocks) w/o changing the fluid to a lighter weight.Has anyone else done any mods to get the truck to turn tighter under power? Right now, I am just turning the wheel, jamming the brake and getting on the gas to get the truck to turn tight.

Firstly what servo are you running, and how many volts are you putting through the servo? A good high torque servo with 6volts going through it will set you up for the best turning.
Also make sure the servo is giving the steering full travel.
The stock wheels and tyres on the MT2 are quite heavy and going to a lighter tyre will improve turning performance.
You will find under power most trucks will push and not want to turn tight, thats just the laws of physics working.
Different setups will alter steering, just play around with different setups.
Tight turning will require you to back off in the turn and very tight turns to brake and swing the back round.

I am running a Futaba s3003 steering servo and 6 volts. I am getting full travel from the steering. There is just a lot of push from the back end and of course four wheel drive doesn't help things. I have been thinking about putting shorter tires on. Maybe that will do it but for now I am going to play w/ the suspension to try and force some weight on the front.

Mello,

The most effective thing you can do to get greater/faster steering response is to upgrade that servo. The S3003 servo is Futaba's standard and would be sluggish even in a 10th scale buggy (not to discount their product, this is just the nature of any "standard" servo). If you were to throw in an upgraded servo (in the 50-75 dollar range) you would see a huge difference. Almost any brand will work, ie. Futaba, Airtronics, Hitec...etc. You can find these at many hobbyshops as well as online at sites like towerhobbies.com, horizonhobby.com, ehobbies.com...etc.

Jeremy
CEN Racing

check ur servo saver isnt too slack before u buy anything tho mate, but a better servo will make loads of difference

No offense but the stock servo is better than that servo.
Before you change shock oil try using Losi 1/10 scale silver springs. They are softer and allow the supension to work better.



rolland

Good point PJ...It (the servo saver) needs to be loktited otherwise it will work its way to the "slack" setting.

I pulled the shocks apart today and the orifice plate that was in them had 2 holes. I replaced them with the 3 hole plates to soften the suspension up a bit. Seemed to help a little. I then slammed the rear of the truck and lifted the front a little. Helped a lot. My rear tires were toed in a little so I set them up straight and that also made a difference. I think the biggest thing is the tires as mentioned b/4. I have a set on the way. If that doesn't do it I will get a better servo. I was just trying to make the steering better w/ the stock parts if possible.

Also, are these steering arms direct replacement pieces for the stock arms?http://www.rcmodels.com/rc-cen-ffs020.html
The stock rears on my truck have a hole in them for adjustment but the front ones are really small and round and impossible to turn.

ffs020 sure looks like a full adjustable set, it looks like the rods have flats on them to use a spanner/pliers on.