Vaterra Twin Hammer / WLToys 10428 Steering Upgrade by Audiophyle_247

Last crawled date: 5 years, 1 month ago

I designed this steering upgrade from the ground up because I was tired of the horrible bump steer, even with upright shock towers the other bell crank setups I tried still suffered. This setup was designed to actually complement the stock front suspension travel and has as close to zero bump steer as physically possible. (at full compression + full steering lock there is a tiny bit)
This upgrade does require the VTR231008 Vaterra steering bell crank set for some of it's hardware, along with a mix of left over parts from the TH's original cantilevered shock setup.
One of the bell crank arms needs to be modified to fit in front of the steering servo, and 2 mounting holes need to be drilled in the chassis plate to mount the triangle bases for the bell cranks. The pics should tell the rest of the story.
The center steering brace is also setup to receive a steering attachment directly, and has a centering indicator for making steering alignment significantly easier (a divot is centered to the steering geometry to align with a casting line on the front differential ensuring the steering is true).
I would love to hear feedback on this design (good or bad), so please give it a try & let me know if it worked.