Steering not trimable

kitkat · #1 12-19-2002, 04:10 PM

Hi,

New to the site. Just bought a .... Think it's a clone, last night and had some fun with the cat!

I seem to have dificulties with trimming the steering. The steering spring is actualy setup correctly but the car turns better on one side. Also, when trying to go straight, it turns left.

I did see that there was alot of slack in the turn buckles and steering.

Is there a mod or someway to fix the trim so the car goes straigth?

Regards,
Kit

kitkat · #2 12-19-2002, 04:30 PM

Thanks Mike,

I'll try that when I get home tonight and will post the result later tonight.

Kit

InGaN · #3 12-19-2002, 06:54 PM

It could also be the fact that the motor is mounted w/ the gear on the left, so that wheel gets more power.

kitkat · #4 12-19-2002, 08:04 PM

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Originally posted by MicroMike
What up Kit, I'm new around here to. Had same problem with my microsizer. Look at the wheels mounted on the white hubs. Do they tow out a bit or does one look like its not pointed straight when your holding the car ?? I had my right front wheel bowing out, like the pin holding the wheel on the white knuckle was slightly bent. Take a small jewelers flat screwdriver and stick it in between the wheel and the knuckle and bend it ever so slightly to get the wheels pointed straight. Also, you can take your front end apart and see if there is any glue on the inside magnet on one of its sides. This helped greatly for my car and it now goes straight as an arrow. Good Luck !! Mike

Ok so, I now know that my Mini RC is actualy a "Super New BitChar-A" so if i'm no mistaken this is porobebly the first generation and I purchased it yesterday. Dough!

As for the steering, I cannot get it to work right. There seem to be too much slack between the hub and shaft of the front rims, plus the slack in the steering linkage accumelates to very bad steering.

What can be done about the range, 5ft at the most... The PCB is a rev 4. Take a look at the pictures Bellow.

Kit

Reckless44 · #5 12-19-2002, 11:08 PM

Im not sure, but I think thats a bit knock off. If it comes in one of those dome containers which the bottom doubles as the controller, then its not the real thing. Especially if it doesn't say "TOMY" anywhere. I've got a similar clone, and had the same problem. I had no idea how to fix it, so i scrapped it for parts and the body for testing and such.

kitkat · #6 12-19-2002, 11:12 PM

That's what i'll be doing then.

Thanks

Kit.

purfishy · #7 12-21-2002, 10:10 AM

i have the same clone..... two, in fact...........
when takin those apart be carefull (the battery wire got unsoldered on one)