Guy's, thanks again, all sorted now, have put the schumacher straps on both sides of the car and all is well!
Onto the next questions...
I've just run the car for the first time in the back garden, I've used the set-ups posted here, (which seem to be very similar for a variety of surfaces). The car felt great! I'm using a 5.5 motor, Lesro front one way, Lesro machined pulleys, x-factory dual pulley tensioner, CVD's front & rear and metal outdrives on the rear diff. The rear diff has been made up with a Losi diff spring instead of the belville washers and I've noticed that it tightens up considerably after running. I've dissassembled it and reassembled it, nothing visibly wrong but again, on the next run it tightens up. Any ideas?
Finally, I notice that the car has unequal sag left to right, i.e. it seems to sag more to the motor (left) side of the car than the right, by 2-3mm. It doesnt seem to affect handling and I have checked the car over and can't find a build problem. I was wondering if it was because the motor sticks out a fair bit and this pushes more weight out that way? Is this normal and if so, do people live with it or compensate with different spring tension side to side?
Thanks for your help,
Mark
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