This appears to be a metal ring that absorbs some of the movement between the servo and steering. According to stuff I've read online, this should stop me stripping the gears in the servo with either excessive steering input, or bump steering when the car hits a lump.
To be honest, I'm still a little fuzzy about the details, but I followed the assembly instructions, another three-handed job, and will have a look at it in operation. I'm sure it will make sense then.
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Back in the 70's some kids I went to school with had RC cars. If a car hit a kerb at speed and the front wheel was the impact point it would often break teeth off the servo final output gear. At this point the servo was toast as spares weren't sold. Servos were expensive back then so the servo saver got invented. It took the gear-stripping jolt out of the steering train drive.
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