tweak vs ride height adjustements
 

Hello,
I have some questions regarding the tweak vs ride height.
1.Which do you set first?
2.Do you set for equal ride height left/right?I mean it's like NO static tweak.
3.If yes for no.2,then when u lift the car to see / adjust the tweak , wouldn't it already affect the balance L/R?

Is there something i'm missing here?

I would think to set all the preloads the same, check for tweak, then set ride height.

I think ride height should be set first. Idealy if ride heights are perfect tweak will be also but we are not in a perfect world. I set ride height and then test it on the track first before I even check tweak. 99% of the time its perfect.

I have always done it droop ride height then tweak.

Same way here. It may be wrong but it seems to work for me.

Usually you set droop, height then tweak in that order.

If you end up preloading one shock to get the right height or fighting a tweak, you might need to rebuild your shocks, assuming you checked the chassis for the tweak...

Try setting your ride height on an MIP tweak station.
Gives the best of both worlds.

With a tweak station, you can actually risk that the car is tweaked in opposite corners, in a way so they equal each other on the tweak board.... So you wont see the tweak on the board !The knife method is better and cheaper ! Lift one end at the time with a knife and ensure that both wheels lift off at the same time. Best done with setup wheels.

What if one of your shocks or mounts has some slop. When you lift it up one could lift a wheel off the ground before the other side and have nothing to do with tweak or your droop screws aren't set the same. Use a tweak board. You are checking for pressure on each wheel not lift.

ok,here's the problem I'm having(yokomo SD).
I set the ride height first.I make it equal 5mm left/rear and right/rear.then the left/front 4.5mm and right/front 4.5mm.

Right now,both the left sides of the shocks have more preload since the battery is on the left and it's heavier than the motor+ESC+receiver.

Droop has already been preset to 3mm via downstops even earlier.

Now if i lift up one end of the car,say rear-
i find that the car is a little tweak-1.5mm.This is mainly becos the left front spring has more preload(earlier mentioned),making the right rear wheel lower.

I can now reduce the preload in the left-front shock to set the tweak back.but this will result in a changed ride height in the front ,especially on the right side,correct?

That's my dillemma.

I think the first thing you have to do is balance your chassis. Get scales or a scale and make sure it is balanced left to right. You wouldnt put a 10 pound weight on top of your foot and wonder why that foot seemed heavier would you. In full scale racing you would never even think about racing a car that you didnt set on scales.

I also think that a touring car cannot have the tweak set using the knife method. The wheels downtravel is limited by the droop screws or limiters. If either of these are uneven even a little it will affect tweak. I set droop last, and set it as downtravel, then I use a gague and make sure its even side to side.

Chassis adjustments
 

Guys;

You MUST start with the Ride Height settings first. Then adjust Droop, then check and adjust Tweak.

If ride height is altered enough to matter after a Tweak adjustment. Just make an adjustment on the opposite side to keep the relationship of the Shocks the same.

When I am compensating for Tweak via the Shock Collars. If I need more than 1/2 turn difference on one side, then I go back to the Chassis and look for a problem there. If everything is straight and true the adjustment needed at the Shocks should be minimal.