buggy torque issue

[steveo]

i have a kyosho mp777, aveox motor ,mamba monster , 4s zippy lipos for my set and it is very powerful, and since this is my first buggy i dont know much about set up

when i gas the hell out of it it darts off to the left very hard and my tires on the left show more wear than the right, i had a on road car that would torque the same way , is it the motor like causing it to gyro in its direction

[_paralyzed_]

nope, not the motor, poor setup

I'd check caster, camber and toe ins on all 4 corners. holding a ruler flat to the face of the tire gives you a good visual to approximate degrees.

A decent spot to start is 1 degree camber on all 4 tires (tops point in to chassis)

1 degree toe out up front and 1 degree toe in out back

and make sure caster is equal on both sides

[Dafni]

On a direct-drive setup with a centerdiff the torque-steer gets kinda canceled out by the weight of the diff spinning in the opposite direction.

If you have a large heavy rotor I can imagine you may feel a bit of torque twist/steer, but nothing like you described.

On that note, I once had a setup with an idler between diff and motor (i.e. diff and motor spinning in the same direction) and the torque steer was noticeable on straight-line dragracing, or in mid-air.

I guess your issue is indeed setup related. Check all the settings. A slightly bad bearing somewhere might cause the same issue, btw.

Daf

[steveo]

thanks i will check al 4 corners, got it from e-bay so you never know what someone else had it dialed in for

[Bondonutz]

I don't know if this is related or even true ?

I've read on a couple forums where fellas were having torque steer problems and they turned the diffs over in the case and reversed the motor, viola' problem sloved.

[FG101C]

Yep, my Hyper 9e torqued to the right. Then I flipped the diffs and now it accelerates hard in a straight line.

[steveo]

well somebody let me borrow a set of foam tires and the car accelerated straight, i am thinking is was lack of traction from the tires on the left of the car, but further testing should be done, i will keep in mind reversing the diffs