Building Tips For Cougar SV Pro

[enfieldbanana]

Evening ladies and gentlemen,

I have just picked up my Schumacher Cougar SV Pro kit and was wondering if you have any hints and tips that you could throw my way when building it?

Many thanks.

Andy

[Tom3012]

Take your time and read the manual carefully, before you build the shocks, wash them out to remove any of the left over anodizing stuff

[bigred5765]

when building the gearbox, when you get to the section were you fit the 3 screws through the top part of the gearbox, don't over tighten them in fact leave them loose,and skip the layshaft build and go straight ahead to mount gearbox top to chassis, tighten the 4 downward facing screws first then the 3 u left loose earlier this ensure the gearbox is fitted true and square,and then build layshaft,
make sure the pins inside the gear box that go through the plastic idler are in flush both sides before fitting o rings,and when building the shocks don't over tighten the shock tops or it causes to much pre load and ruins the bladders,and dont over tighten the lower shock mount at the front (the one that goes through the front wishbone)or it stiffens up the front end oddly,and make sure you clean out the shocks really really well.

[moth898]

Change all the suspension and steering tie rods to titanium, and don't crush the cir-clip when installing it into the diff.

[bigred5765]

as already mentioned in another thread you only really need to change the front top link ones,

[kwiksi]

I had one of the bushings work its way loose even with loctite. This is sort of insurance. Just get a longer screw and m3 nut.

[enfieldbanana]

Thanks for the advance people, appreciate it.

Andy

[mikeyscott]

Originally Posted by kwiksi

I had one of the bushings work its way loose even with loctite. This is sort of insurance. Just get a longer screw and m3 nut.

Had this problem too, what scew lengths have you used?