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stronger steering spring

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hey everyone. i am looking for a stronger steering spring for my project car. i have done a monster wheel mod to it, and need some extra help getting the wheels to re-center. any ideas?

i attached the pic of the mod so far on tiny... and will soon have it on my webspace... i believe its near the end of the post.

http://tinyrc.com/forums/showthread.php ... #post86854
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Post by kwikbb »

yo dat whips off da hizzle fo shizzle!

have you tried a double spring technique yet?
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Damn good custombitbodys!

As kwik mentioned, try the double spring technique with a rare-earth magnet.

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Post by DarkTari »

Last week I saw a replacement spring mod but can't find the page I read it from. It used a spring from a VHS tape???? It's got to be heavier than the stock. I'll keep looking and repost.

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yea i vaugely remember something about that too...
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sweet thanks for the help... heres one of the bodys im thinking about using on my second monster bit... if you cant figure out what it is... its a baja beetle....

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Post by Namuna »

The using the VHS Tape spring Mod is from Ausmicro...

http://www.ausmicro.com/technical/bitch ... /index.htm
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