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Re: Tinkering the 8880 suspension setup
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Thu, 24 Dec 1998 17:27:12 GMT
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"Fredrik Glöckner" wrote:

"Fred Carcanague III" <corkycarcanague@hotmail.com> writes:

Fred... There are 4 yellow "A" arms in the 8437.

Ah, but they're not the kind which can tilt in the end opposite to the
ball joint, right?  The ones on the 8437 are basically a 2x1 plate with
an A-arm and a ball joint?  I'm sorry to say that it's probably hard to
make independent front suspension using those A-arms.

This may not be very compact, but mount them on a 2x2 plate with technic
pin holes underneath, and you'd get the up/down motion, no?

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  Re: Tinkering the 8880 suspension setup
 
(...) Yes, this is very true. As you say, it will not be too rigid, but it will most probably work. The problem may be that you'll need even longer steering links, as the distance from the pivot points to the ball joints is farther. But the problem (...) (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)

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  Re: Tinkering the 8880 suspension setup
 
(...) Ah, but they're not the kind which can tilt in the end opposite to the ball joint, right? The ones on the 8437 are basically a 2x1 plate with an A-arm and a ball joint? I'm sorry to say that it's probably hard to make independent front (...) (26 years ago, 24-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)

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