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ETTING THE DAMpING
The eight spring elements of the all-wheel suspension of the chassis consist each of a coil spring in whose
center and oil dampened suspension is located.
The four oil dampened suspensions are fastened to the lower transverse links and to the "damper plates" on
the differential housing.
On the top, the coil springs rest against a screw ring (3) on the outer tube of the shock absorber and a plate
on the bottom end of the piston rod. Turning the screw ring towards the top relieves the spring, the suspen-
sion gets "softer". Turning it downward increases the spring preload, the suspension gets "harder". The spring
preload can thus be finely adjusted according to surface and manner of driving.
For a rough adjustment of the damping, the shock absorbers can be fixed to different steering points on the
damper plates and transverse control arms.
The setting of the suspension influences not only the ability of the model to "even out" road unevenness, but also the behavior in bends.
This driving behavior is called to "oversteer" or to "understeer".
Over-steering or under-steering driving behaviour can be the result of uneven cornering powers of front and rear axle due to incorrect setting of the
camber.
Understeering driving behavior:
The model is difficult to steer around the bend, "pushes" the front wheels outwards (too much traction of the
rear axle or too little traction of the steered front axle.
As a counter measure the suspension should be set harder at the rear (or softer at the front).
Over-steering driving behavior
The model "pulls" in the bend, the rear tends to swerve (too little traction on the rear axle or too much traction
at the steered front axle).
As a counter measure the suspension should be set softer at the rear (or harder at the front).
As a basic setting, the front axle should be set approximately 5 mm lower than the rear axle!
Check the impact of the shock absorbers:
- Lift the model at the rear axle and drop it.
- The model should not deflect until lock and only top out once without any reverberation!
- Test the shock absorbers of the front axle in the same way.
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Setting the spring preload
- Increasing the spring preload
Turn the screw ring on the outer tube of the shock absorber
clockwise.
The suspension becomes harder.
- Decreasing the spring preload
Turn the screw ring on the outer tube of the shock absorber
anticlockwise.
The suspension becomes softer.
Tuning
To further optimize the damper characteristics, we offer, in our accessories, silicon oil for the shock absorbers in different viscosi-
ties!
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