Scania my first build

[Midtown]

So this is something that has to be done or injustice good idea?whats the bennifet?

[ricm]

benefits are:

1) significantly improved steering lock which also has the correct geometry - ie. the inside wheel turns further than the outside wheel, so that it can follow a tighter radius when cornering. This is how it's done on Tamiya's USA style rigs. I think it was out of laziness or cost saving Tamiya didn't do this on the style trucks and put the track rod infront of the axle so steering doesn't work anything like as well; and

2) front mounted servo means fewer linkages and therefore significant reduction in steering 'slop'.

you need the bent track rod so that it clears the gearbox, especially when the suspension compresses. This is what I've done on my Scania:

[ricm]

forgot to say I agree that the top mods for you are:

1) slower motor - Carson 'Poison' is a very popular choice

2) bearings, you got them already - careful when you assemble the gearbox, there are a couple of bushes on the centre selector clutch ring (part J7) which you MUST NOT REPLACE with bearings. Keep the bushes, make sure you glue them FIRMLY in place into the clutch ring and be super careful not to get any glue onto the inner radius. I you don't glue these in firmly, they can easily slide out of place and then your selector forks will jam up. I have found that the Tamiya glues don't work well for this application (metal onto nylon). I use Araldite to be certain, the gearbox is a b*tch to remove from the truck for teardown if there is a problem after you've built it!

3) steering, as per above