E-Maxx Steering Headache...

[HammerTime2K4]

I'm to the selling point with my E-Maxx. Last summer I busted my front bulks. So I replaced them, and bought the Pro-Line Kit and a Hitec 645 servo. Well, I finally got the Pro-Line to work (I think) but I cannot get the 645 to work. I put on some Futaba horns, and they stripped out. Where can I get a set of horns for the Hitec? With the round included horn, I can't get my wheels to fully turn. ANY help is appreciated...
~Cody

Edit: Wow...graduated a week ago and my grammar already sucks...

[lerningdriver]

before you get new horns, i'd check whats causing the wheels not fully turn, can you turn them by hand? are you sure you assembled the proline kit right? sometimes you can screw in the turnbuckle on the bottom instead of the the top which can cause you problems with steering geometry.

[HammerTime2K4]

I can turn the wheels, but the round horn doesn't allow the servo to push the tires fully both ways...at least the way I have it set up. I'll try to take a picture later...
~Cody

[lerningdriver]

why use a round horn? didn't the servo come with different one's?

[egdinger]

Hitec makes sume aluminum (sp?) ones, search tower I think they have them. Also does the pro line kit have a servo saver built in, if not I would look at a kimbrough servo saver.

[HPICasper]

My Hitecs came with a aluminum horn. I have the 5645mg and the 5625mg. If not here it is on tower

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXCRT5&P=7

There are a few others just type in Hitec on the search and go to like the 7-8 page there are more

[metalry101]

The Hitec digital servos all come w/ aluminum horns, but his 645 isn't digital so it wouldn't have...

I think the problem is the steering kit. It doesn't fit a stock E-Maxx very well at all w/o modifications. Either buy a flat chassis (Bombproof Torpedo is what I run) or dremel the stock chassis until it fits. I'd really suggest the Torpedo chassis. I had the Pro-Line steering kit on my E-Maxx w/ that chassis and it worked GREAT. Seriously, w/ my 5645, my E-Maxx was flickable, literally flickably (not bad for a 12+ lb truck eh?). I doubt you're lookin to spend that much money (that chassis isn't cheap), so I'd suggest attacking those little rails under the stocker w/ a dremel until the steering system operates smoothly. You might have to dremel away the rails all the way to the base of the chassis.

[HammerTime2K4]

Okay...I've gotta ask...what's a servo saver? And I might go out and get that bombproof chassis (start a 40 hour work week come monday...so finally some spending cash). How much is it, and where can I get it?

I had thought that I lost the other horns, but looking through my stash of RC parts, I found them. Hopefully they'll work...
~Cody

[egdinger]

A servo saver is part o fthe steering asembly that gives in a crash or when you hit the wheels on something, protects the servo gears from massive shock loads. The white circle thing that came off the stock servo was a servo saver. Some cars have them built in, a way to test this is to grab one (or both) of the front tires and the linkage to the servo and see if you can move the linkage without the wheels turning.

[HammerTime2K4]

So does anyone know if the Pro-Line kit has one built in? Or will I have to pick one up? It replaces the servo horn then, doesn't it?
~Cody

[HammerTime2K4]

I think the problem is the steering kit. It doesn't fit a stock E-Maxx very well at all w/o modifications. Either buy a flat chassis (Bombproof Torpedo is what I run) or dremel the stock chassis until it fits. I'd really suggest the Torpedo chassis. I had the Pro-Line steering kit on my E-Maxx w/ that chassis and it worked GREAT. Seriously, w/ my 5645, my E-Maxx was flickable, literally flickably (not bad for a 12+ lb truck eh?). I doubt you're lookin to spend that much money (that chassis isn't cheap), so I'd suggest attacking those little rails under the stocker w/ a dremel until the steering system operates smoothly. You might have to dremel away the rails all the way to the base of the chassis.
I just realized I did this. So the Kit is fitting, I'm just having trouble with finding a horn that worked...and now a servo saver. I still might get a new chassis, if I can find one I like. I graduated, so I'm getting quite a bit of cash in. Yeah, it's supposed to go towards college, blah blah blah... :D
~Cody

[egdinger]

http://www.pro-lineracing.com/proline/parts/6019/6019.jpg
Does your pro line kit look like that? If it does then you have a servo saver built in.

[baih]

i think the white round thing he is talking about is the servo saver on the servo.
Buy a Kimbrough servo saver. it will come with adapters to fit any standard size servo. even the more expensive airtronics servos will not turn the emaxx tires when it is standing still. but it will help eliminate bump steer. that hitec servo is slow.

[tadium54]

Yea, I had a Kimbrough on my old truck, wich had a 5645 on it. Get the kimbrough, it'll make your life so much easier

[metalry101]

No, no, no...

If you've got the Pro-Line kit you don't need another servo saver. The servo saver is built right into the bellcrank, negating the need for the crappy servo saver/servo horn. Kimbrough makes far and away the best servo saver/servo horn on the market, but it still can't keep up w/ a steering system that has the servo saver built into the bellcranks. Notice most racing vehicles (especially bigger ones, like 1/8 scale buggies) run them. They're more precise and they're stronger...