sand in steering linkage
 

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?

yea me tim! it hardly moves now

full rebuild needed lol

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?

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

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

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

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.