skyball

Just got a very interesting reply from Olivier. Obviously the kingpins are in short supply, so he also uses "selfmade kingpins". He cuts Wildfire D006 suspension arm pins down to 35mm length, puts the spring on top of the steering block and attaches the steering block to the pin with a grub screw. There's even a prepared, threaded metal hole in the steering block already (on purpose maybe?).

I do not have Wildfire parts, but I searched my parts box and found some titanium coated Tamiya suspension arms pins (Tamiya #53851 from my TRF 417), that glide perfectly through the pivot balls. Now I just have to cut them to 35mm length.

There even are titanium coated pins in the right length available from Tamiya: Tamiya #54241. I don't have them though, so I can't testify that they fit through the pivot balls.

BTW, I think that ride height and droop may be better adjustable with the spring above the steering block, by adding shims
- between lower arm a steerinmg block for droop
- above steering block for ride height

I will try that out and post my results and probably some pictures later.

Christian