xmod smaller turn radius mod with pics

gnubee · Post by **gnubee** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 3:06 pm

what you need is:
a stove(dont burn yourself)
a pan you dont mind heating almost empty
a half cup of salt
the rack off your xmod steering
a needle nose plier is handy but not strictly necessary
the suspension upgrade kit is handy if you want more than 1 rack to swap out
i do not have image hosting so if any mod wishes to add a couple digital pictures i will email the pics..
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if you look at the underside of your xmod you will see that the steering rack fits into slots on the spindles..and it is all the way back in the slot..if you want tighter steering you can move the finger to the front of the slot..it will make the wheels turn further each way..

thx to ezenterprises for pic hosting
this simple free mod halved my turning radius......
heat salt in a pan on the stove
medium heat worked on my electric stove
if the salt sticks to the plastic it is too hot
pile up the salt on 1 side of the pan once it is hot enough to soften the plastic
dip the rack in 1/4 inch or so perpendicular to the salt
only submerge the finger and enough rack to get to the tall fin
do not bury the fin you must keep it from bending
once the rack tip is hot enough to bend a little use your fingers or preferably a pliers to bend the tips in the direction they already angle towards.if you get the tips bent enough the fingers will be out of the plane of the fins..
you can do this to your stock rack or the racks from the suspension kit..
if you use your stock rack this mod costs////NADA///

payaso · Post by **payaso** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 4:49 pm

Why salt???? Wouldn't sand or maybe even pepper work too?

How did you find out that would even work? Cool info either way..

silla

gnubee · Post by **gnubee** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 5:04 pm

salt conducts heat well and has a large uniform grain size which helps stop it from sticking to the plastic
sand may not wash out of the pan well and the dust in it sticks to hot plastic
and while i am not aware of the heat conductance properties of pepper i suspect it is flammable

noxorc · Post by **noxorc** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 10:25 pm

I like the way you think gnubee.

when I find my balls to MOD my X-Mod, I might try this.

when ya get pics...I'll look.

-nox

ezenterprises · Post by **ezenterprises** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 5:20 am

here are his 2 pics he sent me....

cj · Post by cj » Thu Oct 30, 2003 3:24 pm

Here are the pics RCPics.net won't let you see.

gnubee · Post by **gnubee** » Thu Oct 30, 2003 8:27 pm

thanks to you both for pic hosting//
anyone try the mod yet? any questions?

HirotoR34 · Post by **HirotoR34** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 4:40 pm

I gave it a shot today. It worked out pretty well. The steering is much better now. It's a sweet mod!

betty.k · Post by **betty.k** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 4:51 pm

i've done this one, works really well. coupled with the resistor mod it's even better

payaso · Post by **payaso** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 4:51 pm

HirotoR34 wrote:I gave it a shot today. It worked out pretty well. The steering is much better now. It's a sweet mod!

Kick ass man... Cool to see the older info is not passed over/forgotten...

silla

KaNye · Post by **KaNye** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 5:18 pm

For those of you who have done the resistor mod to the servo, can you tell me the specs of the ones you used?

stagg · Post by **stagg** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 6:09 pm

Xmods go from about 5 feet turning radius stock i guess? then with the resistor they are about 3 then with this and the resistor are about 2-2.5

i did this mod a few months ago, i found it off ikinaris site.

KaNye · Post by **KaNye** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 6:10 pm

stagg wrote:Xmods go from about 5 feet turning radius stock i guess? then with the resistor they are about 3 then with this and the resistor are about 2-2.5

i did this mod a few months ago, i found it off ikinaris site.

No I was asking about the specs of the resistors themselvses. Anybody know the correct ones?

stagg · Post by **stagg** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 6:51 pm

well i have used 3.3 but i have heard things like up to 10 ohm work..

betty.k · Post by **betty.k** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:47 am

anything between 4.7k - 10k ohm will be fine. you can use 1/8 watt or higher. so ideally you should hunt down 2 x 4.7k ohm, 1/8 watt resistors.