Setting the correct ride hight

[juergen_jl]

Hi,

for christmas I got the KF and the AERO. For both cars I tried to build them, following the setup from Tom from his last events. All is /(more or less) fine, beside the ride hight.

He sets up the car at 18mm. The lowest hight in the rear I can "realize" is: 21mm.....

The adjusting collar at the damper is "screwed" at "top position" the spring is RC Core red for the K1 and Black for the KF, both "the long" ones. Pin-hole is low, as in the setup. (for KF I am still using the moulded ones, so no high-low pin-whole..)

Any idea what might be wrong??

[Jsmith]

I might be stating the obvious but you have got electrics and batteries in??

[juergen_jl]

Yes, "all is in" the car. "ready to race". (OK, I could add a few more stickers...)
Even the transponder is in..

How do I measure the hight?
- the car is on the set-up board
- i compress and release it several times
- and then I have a gauge for the hight (5-22mm)
- the measuring point is in the front an in the back "right in the middle" and/or left and right and the rear and front directly behind the wishbones.

I build the shocks with 50% rebound.

The only thing i can imagine is, that the shocks are too long. But the ball studs are build with the "distance" displayed in the manual....

Other ideas? Using pin hole high in the rear?

[tomtom]

I would rework the shocks for 0 rebound.

[Paul Field]

I had this with my car with 0 rebound.
I run with the the shocks mounted at the rear which helps. I also run Core greens front and rear with extra weight on the spine.
But other Schumacher drivers run with the K1 (not Aero) rear shock tower.
This allows a lower ground clearance as the shocks are mounted higher. Good for running indoors. But droop will be less.

I hope this helps

Cheers

Paul

[jonathan may]

were did you get the spine weight to paul