Tiger I Suspension Springs
08-31-2015, 04:13 AM
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Tiger I Suspension Springs
HL Plastic Tiger I Early. I removed everything in/on the hull to strengthen it up a bit. I noticed the plastic suspension arms for the road wheels are marked "L" and "R", I assume left and right. When I put all the arms and srpings on, I noticed some of the suspension is stiffer than others. I removed a stiff arm and soft arm and noticed the springs are different. Does anyone know how these go back together? Is there a left and right spring? Is the suspension suppose to vary, like soft in the front, stiff in the middle, and soft in the rear? I know, while I have it apart I should put metal drive wheels and idlers and road wheels on and torsion bars,bla, bla, bla, but Im not going to. Thanks for the help,
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08-31-2015, 10:09 PM
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From memory, yes there is definitely Left and Right springs as well as Left and Right suspension arms on the HL Tiger I. You will notice the straight part of the spring is on the opposite side on half of them.
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My setup (can't recall if it was the HL or Asiatam StuG, think HL as I recall springs in the dampeners?) had the four corner springs as the ones doing all the "work". If the strong springs were in the middle, I'd expect the tank to "rock", among other problems. The center springs were all for show essentially. 
