Play in Link Mounts

[DaveGT]

Hi,

I'm nearing the completion of my Land Cruiser CR-01 (at last!) and now notice that there's a significant amount of play or slop in the link mounts which are assembled in Step1 of the manual. This means that there can be quite a lot of movement of the wheel or axle before the damper starts to do it's job.

Is this normal? Do most people replace these with an option part?

Cheers,

Dave.

 

[EeePee]

Normal. Look up the zip tie mod.

 

[OSRC]

Just need to reconfigure to this geometrically correct perfect harmonization of axle, pivot point, and shock

Nah, just kidding -that sucked.

I ran mine stock for a long time. They slop a lot more after a while - be ready. Didn't bother me though, I rolled over a lot more trying to climb stuff way out of my capabilities.

Then replaced with stand up shocks and was all the happier for it.

Zip ties will work as well if you like the stock set-up. Simple, cheap and effective.