How To : Set Up Your Steering

[@Rystevenson]

Mate please do more nitro videos 👌

[@corletbt69]

Great info!

[@Garagegraderacecar]

thank you!

[@gigi9467]

So instead of centering the steering assembly with the radio why wouldnt u center it with the turnbuckle that goes from the servo to steering assembly? Honest question.

[@Adrenalinercracing]

For this tutorial I wanted to keep it relatively straightforward but you are 100% correct you can use the main linkage to help center the steering. You will be able to get it closer but still need to trim the steering potentially because if the linkage is to short or to long it could result in not getting enough throw one way or the other. The reason for this is because depending on the length of the linkage you could hit the servo itself trying to set your endpoints. I will most likely release a more detailed ‘advanced’ centering process in the future detailing this. As a quick run down though I will measure the linkage to the factory recommendation and see how far off the steering rack is and only adjust it a couple mm to prevent having the issue of hitting the servo, my goal being to have the trim on the radio less than 50 points left or right but it some cases it isn’t possible and I just try to get as close as I can. Hope this helps!

[@gigi9467]

@@Adrenalinercracing I see so I guess as long as the linkage between the servo and the steering assembly is within manual spec I could just use the trim on the radio sounds good and simple to me. Thanks.

[@MrDucatiti]

Hello! Just subscribed. Find your videos very helpful but did you miss to mention pillow ball setups?

[@Adrenalinercracing]

I did forget to mention it during the time specifically but the reference to use for pillow ball setups would be that when the movement stops, similar to what the knuckle does in the video, you can use the method of ‘feeling for play’ as seen in the video to identify your full throw end point

[@kyvinthompson878]

I see this at my local track all the time. When you flick the wheel on the radio. Why is it vibrating when returning to center and how do I achieve this?

[@Adrenalinercracing]

The vibrations come from a high speed servo in combination with a fast response radio. What you are truly seeing is the steering wheel vibration on the radio itself being translated to the vehicle. To achieve this you would need mostly the fast response radio like the M17 I use in this video and then the level of vibration you see in the car will depend on what servo you are running