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Old 13-06-2011
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Anybody who raced in the mid east regional at grantham knows it was wet and very sandy. By the end of my final I noticed my steering wasn't working as it should and thought the rain had taken out my servo. Having checked it over there is half a beach worth of sand in the steering channel that grates and binds when trying to steer. Anybody else end up like this after yesterday?
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yea me tim! it hardly moves now

full rebuild needed lol
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My 22 steering died in the final at A1 Racing yesterday and i assumed is was a wet servo too... guess it might not be the case.

will check my rack in morning, is it a rebuild or can it be flushed out?
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Old 14-06-2011
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Looks like new parts are required and a good strip and rebuild. Not done it yet.
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Just disconnect all linkages from the rack and it slides out, flush it out and reattach
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Cleaned mine out after all the sand and water Sunday was real tight but now its fine again with no play!
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Old 16-06-2011
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I had the same problem, I caked the rack in cheap plumbers silicone grease the kept the water and muck out no problems after 7 runs in one day.
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