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Slop in front wheels?

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AxialLST

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When my LST1 is under power the front wheels have massive amounts of slop, they shake back and forth almost full tilt. Is there a way to fix this without replacing the servo savers? I have ruled out the linkages and it all leads back to the servo savers on the two steering servos. Any help is welcome!

AxialLST
 
You can try using MGT servo savers with the JR top piece. The MGT ones use more springs or stiffer springs.

Although, it sounds like you may have water or mud in the tires throwing them out of balance. Or, your foam has torn and gotten bunched up in one spot.

If it's water, usually you can drill a couple holes in the center of the tire itself at 12 and 6 o'clock. Then when you drive it at higher speeds, centrifugal force will spin the water out of the holes.

I put holes in all my tires to avoid water building up in them from snow/wet running. Works really well. I put a smaller than 1/8" bit in my dremel and gently apply pressure to the tire as the dremel is running. This way, it burns a clean hole through the rubber to help avoid tearing at that spot. I have never had a tire blow apart because of these holes.
 
The wheels spin straight when on a bench so I dont think they are out of balance, are the MGT parts a direct replacement?

-AxialLST
 
Pieces of them are. The springs and bottom piece I think. You use your current top piece from your servos with them. Although, I haven't had one apart, so I don't know which you need to buy directly. I only know a lot of guys use the MGT ones on their LST*.
 
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