Originally Posted by
WildBillMassey
William is right, the arm is meant to flex if pushed on (ie. you come off a big double and land on one arm, the arm will flex instead of snapping). In on-road racing conditions there is really no force that pushes the arm past the setting point, so you should be good to go with your setting.
Thanks guys very much for responding. The arm is flexing as you suspected. With us running 200mm touring and 8th scale I wasn't looking for arm flex. That's the story I am sticking with anyway.
Now that I have that out of the way, I can get back to over-analyzing the car!!