Steering issue on Mardave v12

[Tempest501]

Just got myself a Mardave V12 secondhand and its awesome , love the fact there so cheap to keep going and so simple that hopefully even a newbie like me can get to grips with fixing stuff etc.

Its a lovely little car but I am having one problem. At first when I gave it a wurl I noticed that the steering was sticking a little, especillay when turning left. A mate of mine who also just got a mardave said it might be the ballcup joint things are too tight. Sooo i had some old tc3 ones and they are easier to adjust so I put them on there and it helped a little as far as it seems to centre more now. But it still seems to turn way more to the left than it does to the right?

Anyone come across this before and know what i can try as at the moment I think it would struggle to go right on a course.

Hopeing to get it up and running for sat as My Friend Mark has started going to a place in Sherburn in Elmet and want to test the world of Mardave out =D

Cant wait to try it, it has a awesome fiesta shell on it.

P.S should I get a bumper or try and tabe some foam block on front inside of shell?

[Chequered Flag Racing]

get a bumper and put some foam on it like they do in TC and do the following

[Tempest501]

Nice one ty for the tip I will try it tomorrow and see if I have any luck

[mattJT]

....also check out page 1 of the mardave section - thread starter mardave help...I had I think exactly the same problem as you when I first got my Mardave.

[Tempest501]

ty will try find it now

[Gazza]

also the Ball thread might be catching under neath on the A arm

[Tempest501]

Originally Posted by mattJT

....also check out page 1 of the mardave section - thread starter mardave help...I had I think exactly the same problem as you when I first got my Mardave.

What was causing your problem? Think I will tak some pics and a vid to try show whats going on too.

[RayS]

Before doing anything else check that its not your radio settings, disconnect the servo saver(check by hand now to see if the steering moves freely) and place the car on a stand so the wheels are off the ground. Then turn on the radio and the car and set the steering trim to centre. With everything still turned on replace the servo saver trying to keep the front wheels straight as you do this, at worst your front wheels may point a little one way or the other, now use the steering trim to fine tune to centre. If you are using a digital radio check the steering throw settings are set equal left and right, if all above fails to cure the problem the servo could be faulty.

hope this helps.

[s22jgs]

also the Ball thread might be catching under neath on the A arm

+1 on this one.

Both my mardaves had this issue. one i grinded the thread shorter. My new one i have just replaced them with tamiya balls and ball cups.

[mattJT]

Originally Posted by Tempest501

What was causing your problem? Think I will tak some pics and a vid to try show whats going on too.

Sorry tempest, forgot I'd posted this, in the end solved the prob by buying the kimborough servo saver that was given to me as a link in that thread.

I think was running a traxxas 2075 servo in my mardave at the time (never had any probs with either of my plastic geared servo's and been using them for many months now in 2wd and sct).

Am pretty sure that I also had to alter the lengths on the track rods (that connected to the servo saver) and think ended up having to make them different lengths (?) and that ultimately solved the problem.


Hope that helps a bit

[Tempest501]

My kimborough servo saver turned up today and a friend has a servo he does not need so going to get that on there as it seem the servo fitted is a bit dodgy as frend looked at it and said bearings in it gone or something.

Anyways new servo and saver going on there tomaz and if that fail ill get a spektrum server to go with it.