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Re: 8880 Question
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lugnet.technic
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Tue, 14 Dec 1999 02:34:58 GMT
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You have the right idea. Play with it on the floor. Varoom!
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Bob Fay
rfay@we.mediaone.net
The Shop
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/7900/
"Thomas D Fulk Jr" <wrench_turner@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> This may be totally normal, but I don't know so maybe you can
> help. I have just built the 8880 Supercar, and seem to have a lot of
> friction when turning (rolling) the wheels, but only when the car is
> being held up in the air and the suspension is at full droop. It
> appears that axle connector right near the wheel is rubbing on the
> perpendicular axle joiner that is on the lower shock shaft in the
> middle of the lower suspension arm. It's the one that the
> instructions show you to turn straight up when you install the
> shocks, I believe it's there to limit travel on the suspension. I
> have reviewed the assembly steps for the suspension several times, and
> all 4 wheels do it so I am wondering if I interpreted the instructions
> wrong somewhere. If I compress the suspension just a tiny bit the
> wheels free right up. Almost like the suspension is being allowed to
> droop too far.
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> To give you an idea of how tight it is, If I hold the car up and
> turn the engine fan by hand I stop before the wheels turn for fear of
> breaking the chain. I'm thinking maybe it was only designed to push
> along and see the engine turn?
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> Thanks for any insight,
>
> Thomas
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| This may be totally normal, but I don't know so maybe you can help. I have just built the 8880 Supercar, and seem to have a lot of friction when turning (rolling) the wheels, but only when the car is being held up in the air and the suspension is (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
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