TL01 arms with Ackerman

[Nikko85]

I'm making G01 crawler and I am finding the inside tire is rubbing on the steering knuckles. This is in part because the steering knuckles don't have any Ackerman and run parallel to chassis.

Where any arms made for the TL01/GF01 family that have some degree of Ackerman?- If I could just move the 5 mm balls a few mm over it would really help!

 

 

[Dan1891]

Maybe its possible to make some new holes for the servo mounting posts? To be able to move the servo front or back from current position, to adjust the ackerman?

[El Gecko]

Not sure your exact setup, but possibly a wider wheel hex would help space them out enough?

[Nikko85]

30 minutes ago, Dan1891 said:

Maybe its possible to make some new holes for the servo mounting posts? To be able to move the servo front or back from current position, to adjust the ackerman?

Many hanks, it's not the Ackerman I want to change per se, but location of the servo mounting balls to bring them inwards, allowing a wider tire. Most of the images I've seen of Ackerman look something like this

 

Where the steering rod(s) are shorter than the axle - this would then bring the ball studs inwards. The TL01 arms seem to run completely parallel. 

13 minutes ago, El Gecko said:

Not sure your exact setup, but possibly a wider wheel hex would help space them out enough?

You're completely right, they would - but I don't like the look as much with the increased track width - it's probably faster and more stable wider, but I like the more scale crawler look for this one. 

The TA01 looks like they would be close, but not sure if they fit TL01 C hubs? I have to a spare pair to could get creative with heat and bending them inwards too.

[ChrisRx718]

Tamiya 0445572 for the TL01B also fit the TA01 Hummer, so I'd imagine therefore that TA01 front knuckles would fit within the TL01 C-hubs. 

I believe the purpose for these different front knuckles was both that they're slightly more robust (but still break in the inevitable location) and they have the angle you are looking for to clear the big wheels / tyres.

[Pylon80]

46 minutes ago, Nikko85 said:

Many hanks, it's not the Ackerman I want to change per se, but location of the servo mounting balls to bring them inwards, allowing a wider tire. Most of the images I've seen of Ackerman look something like this

 

Where the steering rod(s) are shorter than the axle - this would then bring the ball studs inwards. The TL01 arms seem to run completely parallel. 

You're completely right, they would - but I don't like the look as much with the increased track width - it's probably faster and more stable wider, but I like the more scale crawler look for this one. 

The TA01 looks like they would be close, but not sure if they fit TL01 C hubs? I have to a spare pair to could get creative with heat and bending them inwards too.

Would you have any picture of the offending knuckle? I too think that is is more a matter of going wider with a wider wheel hex, assuming the result still fits the body and looks you are after.

[Dan1891]

3 hours ago, Nikko85 said:

Many hanks, it's not the Ackerman I want to change per se, but location of the servo mounting balls to bring them inwards, allowing a wider tire. Most of the images I've seen of Ackerman look something like this

 

Where the steering rod(s) are shorter than the axle - this would then bring the ball studs inwards. The TL01 arms seem to run completely parallel. 

You're completely right, they would - but I don't like the look as much with the increased track width - it's probably faster and more stable wider, but I like the more scale crawler look for this one. 

The TA01 looks like they would be close, but not sure if they fit TL01 C hubs? I have to a spare pair to could get creative with heat and bending them inwards too.

Ahh, i thought it was the Ackerman setting you wanted to adjust.

[TurnipJF]

5 hours ago, Nikko85 said:

The TA01 looks like they would be close, but not sure if they fit TL01 C hubs? I have to a spare pair to could get creative with heat and bending them inwards too.

They do indeed fit, as they are the same mouldings as the TL-01B ones, just in red rather than black. I have used the black 58154 TL-01B ones to solve precisely the same problem as you are experiencing.