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Sluggish Steering Issues on Revo 5309

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MotoGod

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So I'm having a problem with the steering on my Revo. It seems very sluggish and non-responsive with any weight on the front wheels, but if I lift the front end it appears to steer all the way left and right. With the front wheels on the ground it moves a fraction of the distance though. Could this just be bad servos? They appear to be the stock Traxxas 2055 servos in there.

Anyone have any ideas here? I ran it last night to try to get some tuning in, but the slower the truck was moving, the more sluggish the steering. Almost seems like they are too weak to do the steering effectively. This is with a freshly charged 6V RX Pack as well. Does the same thing is I use a battery holder (4 AAs) from my OFNA Buggy....so doesn't appear to be voltage related. I have tried using my new Spektrum TX as well as a HiTec Aggressor TX to see if maybe the end points were set incorrectly on the TX. Both work perfect on my Buggy....but not on the Revo.
 
sounds like the servo's are getting weak. ijust finished building my revo with a single 2070 and a have 5 cell flat pack and i get fast turns.
 
Hmmm....never thought about a single Servo conversion, but then again I got the Revo like 2 weeks ago. I'll have to research that a bit. Might simplify it a bit.
 
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