Oversteer/understeer

[sunktothenutz]

Hi,

I have a tbo2,and when i turn to the right it understeers and when i turn to the left it over steers,i have checked steering travel,camber etc..any ideas??

Cheers simon.

[sosidge]

So you have full steering travel left to right and all the cars settings are even side to side?

If so, one reason could be the "torque steer" inherent in a shaft chassis. A lot of that can be ironed out with good chassis set up. Team Losi wrote a good article on setting up your chassis right - http://www.teamlosi.com/Articles/Article.a...eID=1183&Page=1

Another possibility is some mechanical binding in the drivetrain or suspension.

[terry.sc]

Sounds like a standard chassis tweak. First thing to check is that all 4 shocks are exactly the same overall length, adjust by screwing or unscrewing the ball joints at the bottom of the shocks. If any spring spacers are used on the shocks make sure you have the same amount on each side. Follow the advice on the above link to adjust the tweak of the chassis, this should solve your problem.

If the problem only occurs when you have the power on that is torque steer inherent in most shaft drive cars. It also makes the car pull to one side when accelerating and pull the other way when braking. The only way around that is to either let off the throttle when cornering or buy a belt drive car.