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Hi all,

A while ago I read a good thread about suspension setting s for the Zero. Now I need it I cant find it! :pardon: I know someone had given a great explanation on here. If you're out there could you re-post please

 

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Hi all,

A while ago I read a good thread about suspension setting s for the Zero. Now I need it I cant find it! :pardon: I know someone had given a great explanation on here. If you're out there could you re-post please

 

Cheers

 

Hi Hammy

 

This is what Dinger did for me and it works OK. HTH

 

Hi Steve,

 

This is my third attempt at messageing you, lol, internat has crashed just before i fifnished writing it, so I'll try again,

 

Setting your car up will be individual as each car will be different but the below guide will help you get it somewhere close enough to drive,

 

Camber,

Camber on the zero is adjusted by way of turning the top ball joint on the wishbones, stupid design if you ask me as you need to strip the front down to do it,

you will need,

1, iphone

2, striaght edge long enough to cover the face of the wheel

3, patience

A small amount of negative camber is needed on the front wheels (top of wheel in further than the bottom)

with the wheels on the floor lay the straight adge vertically across the face of the wheel and put your iphone onto this, repeat on the opposite side to see if they are equal, This area is really guess work unless you have a camber gauge, The adjustment on the top ball joint wont give exact left to right as you need to do a full turn but its not bad, As long as they are close you will be ok, set it so the top of the wheel sits slightly in, if you look at it and think " *bleep*,, "thats alot of camber" just wind them back a bit, Once camber is set it wont change when you adjst toe,

Adjusting toe at home can be done easily but you must make sure you have the smae amount of left/right turn on the wheel,

Put some insulating tape at the top of the steering wheel and turning the steering left, count the amount of tutns the steering wheel has, compare this to the right, you shound have just over 1 and 1/4 turns each way, dont worry where you r wheels are pointing, once you have found the center point tape the top of the steering again and try and put the steering lock on in this position,

Now you probally have the wheels pointing to the left or right, dont worry as you can adjust this, Just by eye adjust the front track rods so the wheels look they are in line with the rears,

the noxt step you will need a ball of string and a staple gun,

Find the horozontal center line of the off side rear wheel and staple the string to the back of the tyre, make sure you staple into a good thick piece of tread and not the side wall, lol

now, with the string held tight you can take this to the front off side wheel following the center line and staple this onto the front of the tyre, once again, dont staple the side wall,

 

If you look along the string you may find you have a gap between the string and the back face of the front tyre, this shows you are toeing out, just adjust the track rod so the string touches the tyre, go back and forth and you will get the idea,

Basically you are using the string as a plumb line,

 

AM I making sense?

Do the same in the other side,,, there you go, tracking is set to neutral, have a drive at this point and see it it feels ok, you can then take the steering wheel off and place it at the center point,

 

You should now have equal turns left to right from center and wont scrub tyres, I have done 120 miles on this set up and it feels ok with no scrubbing,

 

As for the shocks, I have set my fronts at 10 clicks from soft (soft being fully wound out) and 15 click to the rear,

 

Ride height is up to you, to high in the platforms and the spring will be too compressed and wont work, Measure your ride hiegh from an equal point on the chassis front to rear, maybe just behind the nose cone on the front and just infont of the rear wheels arch on the rear, Also raise the rear 3 to 4 mm higher than the front, this will compensate for squat,

 

Hope that helps mate, and hope its understandable,

 

Dave

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now, with the string held tight you can take this to the front off side wheel following the center line and staple this onto the front of the tyre, once again, dont staple the side wall,

 

just want to check, as its prob different on a 2b but, my rear track is wider than the front and the rear also toes in so if you ran a string from back wheel to front it wouldn't be correct as it would be getting narrower towards the front of the car.

 

what you'd need to do is measure the distance between the rear of the backwheels then run 2 lines forward and keep them parralell then check they are sqaure to the car by measuring in from the strings at the front to a fixed point on the chassis each side ie suspension mount. this should then give you a square to work from (assuming the back axle is somewhere near square).

 

you can then measure in from the lines to the front and back of each rim and adjust as necessary. you can also check the toe of the rears doing it this way. on mine i could see the rears are toed in a lot as there was a visible gap at the front of the rear rim,

 

hth

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just want to check, as its prob different on a 2b but, my rear track is wider than the front and the rear also toes in so if you ran a string from back wheel to front it wouldn't be correct as it would be getting narrower towards the front of the car.

 

what you'd need to do is measure the distance between the rear of the backwheels then run 2 lines forward and keep them parralell then check they are sqaure to the car by measuring in from the strings at the front to a fixed point on the chassis each side ie suspension mount. this should then give you a square to work from (assuming the back axle is somewhere near square).

 

you can then measure in from the lines to the front and back of each rim and adjust as necessary. you can also check the toe of the rears doing it this way. on mine i could see the rears are toed in a lot as there was a visible gap at the front of the rear rim,

 

hth

 

 

Thanks all

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