sand in steering linkage

[Timee80]

Anybody who raced in the mid east regional at grantham knows it was wet and very sandy. By the end of my final I noticed my steering wasn't working as it should and thought the rain had taken out my servo. Having checked it over there is half a beach worth of sand in the steering channel that grates and binds when trying to steer. Anybody else end up like this after yesterday?

[RDG 40]

yea me tim! it hardly moves now

full rebuild needed lol

[Frecklychimp]

My 22 steering died in the final at A1 Racing yesterday and i assumed is was a wet servo too... guess it might not be the case.

will check my rack in morning, is it a rebuild or can it be flushed out?

[Timee80]

Looks like new parts are required and a good strip and rebuild. Not done it yet.

[stegger]

Just disconnect all linkages from the rack and it slides out, flush it out and reattach :thumbsup:

[Nick]

Cleaned mine out after all the sand and water Sunday was real tight but now its fine again with no play! :thumbsup:

[jkclifford]

I had the same problem, I caked the rack in cheap plumbers silicone grease the kept the water and muck out no problems after 7 runs in one day.