Massive Bump Steer

[Nitro RC Basher]

ever since the mods i recently made, the bump steer has become unbearable. i habe zipties holding the suspension in place so i dosent do that. the smallest suspension movement makes the wheels go wayyyyyyy off wack.

should i just bring the truck back to stock like i want to? will that stop the problem.

 

[HeartBreak]

It's a good chance returning it to stock will cure that. Mine has no bump steer to it at all.

 

[olds97_lss]

Check your linkage and make sure you didn't put one (or both) ends of the steering turnbuckles on the wrong side of where they attach. I did that once on my maxx many years ago and had the same problem. The toe in would change very drastically when you would move the arms up and down.

 

[Nitro RC Basher]

what do you mean olds?

 

[olds97_lss]

Where the ends of the turnbuckles attach. They should attach from the underside of the axle carrier ear and from the underside of the steering link.

If you happened to install with the turnbuckle on the topside of those points, you affect your bump steer drastically.

I put red circles around the area that the turnbuckle bolts to. This shows that they mount from the bottom side on both the carrier and steering link:

http://home.comcast.net/~98gmarquee/pics/misc/2008-0610-SavageSteeringExample.jpg

 

[Nitro RC Basher]

ok what bout back same?

thats exactly what i did

 

[Rolex]

Olds is absolutely correct. When I got my titanium turnbuckles with the yellow ends, I thought they looked so much better on top. Major mistake. They HAVE to go on the bottom to keep the front end properly aligned.

Same all the way around.

 

[olds97_lss]

Yep. The rear turnbuckles also mount from the bottom on the axle carrier and to the back/outside of the bulkheads. The nut on the bulkhead side goes towards your diff output cup.

http://home.comcast.net/~98gmarquee/pics/misc/2008-0610-SavageRearTurnbuckleInstall.jpg