Steering problems in a white supra

[johnfish]

I bought one today (i wanted to check one out before buying one for my son for xmas ). Installed the batteries, turned it on and the steering went hard over to the left and wouldnt budge.

So being the type that hates to return stuff I took it apart. What I found was a poor soldering job on the steering servo. One wire was broken off inside the heatshrink at the servo end of the wire (orange one). Also the wires were extremely short so the servo could barely be removed from the chassis.

To fix it I got some servo wire that was the same gauge (looks like 24 or more likely 26 awg) and replace all three wires. I made them a little longer but not much (added maybe 1/2 to 3/4 in). Reassembled the car and it works great now.

This was relatively simple to do but you need good soldering skills and a very small tip/wattage iron (15 watts was what I used).

I was wondering if any one found similar problems.


John

[ViperKid]

everyone else probably just took them back...that's what i would have done

[viperkilla]

Originally posted by ViperKid
everyone else probably just took them back...that's what i would have done

LOL, I had some wires that needed to be soldered. I returned it because I didnt have a soldering gun. Now I have one. This way I dont have to return things for silly problems.

[aperson]

that happend to my first skyline but i didnt have a small enought tip or the skills so i returned it.

[ViperKid]

i would probably tried to fix it, then it would have really been screwed up and i would have been SOL