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Hey All, First time post, hoping someone might have some insight on an annoying and recurring issue with my XV-01. Background, had an Asteron (XV-01T) kit laying around for years, and recently got around to building it, with semi conversion to rally. All stock components, no hop-ups or mods at this stage, simply switched out the truck bull-bar for foam bumper, and stuck Tamiya rally block tyres on (if memory serves, as have long since thrown out the package) the Tamiya white rally wheels with +2 offset. Anyways, when turning (right or left) the front wheels lock out, and the steering fails to respond. I can see the servo (Futaba S3003) attempting to shift, but the lock is persistent. Applying throttle typically unlocks and the steering returns to neutral and you can continue to drive fine without issue, and then randomly turning will trigger the locking to occur again - rarely do i get a run without incident. I cant see or hear any friction on the steering linkage (again standard plastic ones, though ball raced), and looking as close as i can when the lock occurs, it doesn't appear that the inner rim is catching/rubbing on the front arms - though its pretty dam close, 1mm or less by my poor eye sight. Has anyone had a similar issue ? Does this sound like steering linkage or arms ? perhaps the ****ty dog bones ? or maybe the front diff itself ? Should note, that i have also tried adjusting steering trim on the radio and unless its almost completely non existent, the locking occurs.