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Old 05-07-2023, 09:19 AM
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Just trying to keep some life in this thread...

Today was the first dry fitting of the suspension system so I could take some measurements. My springs did not arrive yet so they are not mounted.

Pretty pleased with the most of it. Some things need adjusting - the front swing arms need a different angle than the others due to their being on the upward sloping glacis plate but thats no issue.

For some reason I doubted my first measurements and thought that the rear spring retainers were 3 mm too low relative to the retainer on the swinging bit. So Im ade a load of spacers.

But when I mounted them I see that my original measurements were fine. So the spacers have to come out again. What a pain in the ass.

Lower hull is hanging in the garage right now having gotten primed - then I will do the mudguards and assemble the entire lower hull.

Then its onto the upper to finish that.

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