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Old 2008.03.06, 07:54 PM   #16
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track dust, etc can get in there...

I usually wait till I cannot stand how the car is handling then clean it... but then I also lose a lot of races
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Old 2008.03.06, 08:42 PM   #17
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But why, once i clean it, would it only last for a couple of minutes instead of 4 weeks like it did before, and then get all dirty again?


should i put the switch lube in there too, even though my car is pretty new?how much, and where?


so i guess i'll drive my z until i know the pot is really dirty ,then clean it. But in the meantime, if you could get some pictures on here on how to get the pot out, clean it, and get it back in, or just give me some good instructions on the whole pot procedure, i would be very thankful .
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Old 2008.03.07, 12:11 AM   #18
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Just blow the pot off with an air compressor. I would not chance spraying anything in the pot.
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Old 2008.03.08, 07:55 PM   #19
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Today i was driving in my friends basement for a long time, like 3-4 hours. My car got dusty, but held up awesome. then, my steering locked up. so i went upstairs, and opened the case. When i inspected the gears, there was just one itsy bitsy spec of material in between the teeth of a gear. I didn't hink that could possibly cause the problem, but when i took it out, my steering worked fine again. good thing this car has a servo saver !

when i got home, i decided to clean the gears with an exacto, since just a little spec can do so much. i took out the whole servo assembly, ready to clean the gears. But there was nothing in the teeth. So i decided it was a great time to clean the pot! i snapped the clear washer off, sprayed some cleaner [isopropyl alcohol] in there, and let it dry. But putting all that stuff back in the car was a different story. First, i got out the owners manual, and opened up to the exploded view. I reattached the servo saver, lined up the pot, and put the blue wall on. Then i slid the servo motor in with my third hand , but then realized that the motor was sitting on the wrong side. So i of course have to drop everything i was holding together, and turn the motor around. finally, i put everything together again, and slid it all in the car. Then, with another hand, i held everything in place while i screwed the servo motor down. But of course a servo wire was under the servo mount. so i took it out again, moved the servo motor wires, and finally got everything back in! i got pretty frustrated, but after i was done, i cooled down and felt pretty good, like i accomplished an impossible task . I tested out the steering, and the twitches went down, and the steering was more fluid. Well, theres my annoying story of the day...
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Old 2008.03.09, 09:14 PM   #20
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I recently cleaned my pot for the first time and had a similar experience trying to get everything back together. It was definitely frustrating at times but a good learning experience in the end. And it's so satisfying to have the steering back to that out-of-the-box smoothness. Good work and hopefully the next time it'll be a little easier getting everything back together now that you've done it once .
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I know this is an old thread but I'm looking for tips in pulling out the servo assembly. All those plastic wedges are packing in there pretty tight but also thin. How can you pull all that out without breaking anything?

Using some pliers and grabbing onto a point and pulling straight out seems the most logical. But I'm pulling and really feel like the plastic braces are going to let go before it all slides out.
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Old 2010.08.22, 10:47 PM   #22
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I usually pull up gently on the servo saver arm at the same time I gently pry up the end of the servo motor with a small flat tip. You want it to come straight up and out. If it gets wedged, push it down and try again.
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