Keeping unwanted metal out of magnetic steering

dbxl · Post by **dbxl** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:12 pm

http://www.zipzaps.com/zzTips.asp#

see the 1st tip
Keep unwanted metal out of your magnetic steering.

Has any one tried this and does it help?

SuperFly · Post by **SuperFly** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:19 pm

That seems like a lot of clutter on the bottom of a car that only has a few millimeters of clearance to begin with.

A better solution is just to keep a small magnet (a steering magnet from a junked car works great) and use the magnet to suck all the little metal debris that accumulates on the bottom of the car.

crazydave · Post by **crazydave** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:27 pm

I read somewhere someone glued a steering magnet to the end of his antenna, to keep it handy for that purpose, and its also great for getting screws out of tight, hard to reach places.

payaso · Post by **payaso** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 3:31 am

crazydave wrote:I read somewhere someone glued a steering magnet to the end of his antenna, to keep it handy for that purpose, and its also great for getting screws out of tight, hard to reach places.

That was me... Works great for other shit too...

silla

SuperFly · Post by **SuperFly** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 3:41 am

payaso wrote:
crazydave wrote:I read somewhere someone glued a steering magnet to the end of his antenna, to keep it handy for that purpose, and its also great for getting screws out of tight, hard to reach places.

That was me... Works great for other shit too...

silla

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Maxximum Attack · Post by **Maxximum Attack** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:16 am

What I used to do was put a small piece of masking tape under the steering part of the chassis. When it got too many bits of metal, carefully peel off the tape and roll the filings in it. If you miss any just dab the tape on the steering box. Put fresh tape before running again.

Maxx

SuperFly · Post by **SuperFly** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 12:13 am

Hey, I moved all the smiley ownage stuff to the dumpster, since there was a legit performance question here that turned into 2 pages of shenanigans, which I kinda started.