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Originally Posted by westie
The cheaper servos tend to be ok, but the higher level ones seem to offset the steering, I've raced ok with it like this but tends to give more steering to the left?!
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Strange as that would indicate more weight on the left side wheel than the right. Compensate by tightening up the right side rear pod spring a fraction of a turn to get the front corner weights balanced. The way to do it ideally is to use a tweak board, or you can do it with the coin test.
Put the car on a flat surface, and press down on the chassis to settle the car. Put a pound coin on the top of each front wheel, and then lift the front end putting a small screwdriver under the exact centre of the front of the chassis. Very slowly lever this up until the front wheels lift off the ground. The aim is for both front wheels to lift at the same time, shown by both coins dropping off the wheels simultaneously. If the tweak is incorrect, as it almost certainly will be, one front wheel will lift before the other and that coin will drop off the front wheel first. If this happens, loosen the rear spring on the side of the car the coin dropped off first by 1/8th of a turn, tighten the other spring by 1/8th of a turn, settle the car and retest. Keep doing this until both coins drop off the wheels at the same time. The car will now be balanced and should steer the same.