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9. Steering mechanism
3906
The stock setup is fine essentially, the only real weak point being the weak steering servo, and the weak servo saver. When looking at a new servo, try to find something with over 200oz/in of torque, be it digital or analogue. Metal gears will be more robust than nylon or Karbonite. With the servo saver, you can either take the simpler route and use a Kimbrough large truck model or similar, or opt for a bellcrank setup that has the saver built in, such as the Proline or UE models. There are numerous metal aftermarket models available, and these can add much needed strength and precision with the use of bearings instead of bushings. Another trick is to use dual steering servos (turn the shifting servo into a second steering servo), though this requires abit of modification and imagination, depending on the chassis.
3905
In theory this setup should be as good as the Proline or UE version, but sadly it isn’t. The trouble is that the cam-loc design of the built in saver is far too tight, and has very little or no ‘give’ in a crash, thus the plastic gears in the servos get destroyed rather easily. A little dremeling work, or careful shimming of the cam-loc mechanism will release the pressure. Metal geared servos would also be worth looking into; if you use two, then 100oz/in of torque each will be required. To remove the small amount of slop that is present in the stock setup you can do a rather clever modification that used two cam-loc mechanisms and a little dremeling again (CLICK HERE). Any steering setup from the old Emaxx should work on the new truck, and viceversa- a little effort may be required.
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All lies, dont believe him!
I do mention that theres some slop in the stock 3905 setup (when its used in the 3905 truck), but I make no mention of modification needed to fit it to the GorillaMaxx chassis. Its always possible you may need to tweak the linkages depending on the exact posistion of the servos, or the length of the horns, but, I reckon you've been sniffing too many marker pens again... ....or I have...
I do need to update the info in there though, traxxas have improved the design a little, and no I know that the steering fits the gorillamaxx without issue, I can state that in their too
