FG Modellsport Leopard 4 Competition Mounting Instructions page 16

Position 33
Parts are in
bag F
Stabilizer
4mm front
Screw
M4x16
Stabilizer
mount front
Guide bush
with collar
Screw M3x18
Ball joint 7mm
Headless pin M4x14
Steel ball Ø7 x5mm, Ø4
Collet 4mm
Headless pin
M3x3
Mount the alum. steering lever to the front alum.
uprights right/left using M4x12 cylinder head screws as
shown in position 34. Fix the plastic steering stop shor-
tened to the alum. steering levers using 4,2x22 pan
head screws.
Hint: Always mount the
taper disks with the thinner
side facing the ball
bush.
1. Screw the wishbone
thread rods M10/M8x108
into the front upper
plastic wishbone, then
screw the ball joints for
M8 on the wishbone thre-
ad rods M10/M8x108mm
and impress the alum. joint
ball Ø5/10x15mm into the
ball joints for M8.
Securing
Adjusting
disk Ø5
clips
Headless
pin M5x20
Balls for
driving
shaft
Front upper
plastic
wishbone
Wishbone
Cardan
thread rod
joint for
M10/M8x108
front axle
Alum.
Ball
joint ball
joint
Ø5/10x15mm
for M8
Screw
M5x25
All metric screws need to be secured with thread lock fluid.
Alum. front
axle housing
4. Screw ball joints 7mm on the M4x14 headless pins until they are in contact and 90°
Headless
pin M5x16 distorted. Impress each one steel ball 7mm and steel ball Ø7x5mm, Ø4 in one side of
the ball joints 7mm.
5. Press the ball joint 7mm (steel ball side Ø7x5mm, Ø4) on each one end of the front
stabilizer 4mm and fasten with collet 4mm and headless pin M3x3.
Front lower
6. Mount the ball joint 7mm (steel ball side 7mm) to the front lower alum. wishbones
alum.
(collar of the steel ball must face forwards) using M3x18 pan head screws.
wishbone
7. Impress the front stabilizer mount with front stabilizer 4mm into the alum. front axle
carrier as shown in position 33 and fix with M4x16 pan head screws.
Hint: To remove the front lower wishbone pins 6x106mm screw an M4 screw into the
threaded hole of the wishbone pin 6x106mm and pull it out.
Screw
M3x6 Ball bush
Position 34
Parts are in
bag F
Position 35
Parts are in
bag F
Alum. front
axle housing
Ball
diff.
driving
Screw
axle
M4x20
Distance
Front lower
disk
alum. wishbone
Screw
4,2x22
Screw
M4x12
Screw
M5x25
Taper
disk
Disk
Ø5,3
Screw
Ø5,3
the wishbone pins 6x106mm (threaded hole must face for-
wards) into the alum. front axle housing and front lower alum. wishbones. Make
sure the wishbones can be moved easily up and down.
Alu-Achsschenkel
vorne links
Screw
4,2x22
Alum. stee-
ring lever
Plastic stee-
ring stop
shortened
2. Press the wishbone pins 6x87mm through the pre-assembled front upper
plastic wishbones into the alum. front axle housing as shown in position 35 and
secure with Ø5 securing disks.
3. Press each four adjusting clips in the front between alum. front axle housing
and front upper plastic wishbones on the wishbone pins 6x87mm.
4. Screw M5x25 headless pins from the top into the front upper plastic wishbo-
nes.
5. Mount ball diff. driving axle, protection bellow, distance disk and
balls for driving shaft on the cardan joint for front axle in the same
way as the ball driving shafts at the rear axle (see mounting instruc-
tion, position 11) and impress into the front differential.
Nut M4
Alum.
steering
lever
Plastic
steering
stop
shortened
Front alum.
upright
Headless
Alum.
pin M6x6
square
wheel driver
9,5mm/M6
Wheel nut
1. Secure the impressed ball
bushes in the front lower alum.
wishbones with M3x6 pan head
screws.
2. Press the guide bushes with
collar into the front lower alum.
wishbones.
3. Screw the M5x16 headless
pins centric from below into the
front lower alum. wishbones as
shown in position 33 (use screw
retention).
Place the front lower alum. wishbones in the alum.
front axle housing as shown in position 33 and impress
Front right
alum. uprights
Ball bearing
15x28x7
Ball bearing
17x26x7
Screw M4x12
Tipp: The front alum. uprights on the right and left
side are the same, according to the position of alum.
steering lever and plastic steering stops they have to
be built differently.
6. Impress the cardan joint driving shafts in the pre-
assembled alum. uprights left and right and mount alum.
square wheel driver 9,5mm/M6 (offset facing the bearing)
with M6x6 headless pins on the flats of the cardan joints
for front axle. Use high-strength screw retention.
7. Fix the le/ri alum. uprights to the lower alum. wishbones
with two disks Ø5,3 between taper disk and alum.
uprights by using M5x25 countersunk screws.
8. Mount the alum. le/ri uprights to the assembled upper
plastic wishbones with a disk Ø5,3 between alum. joint
ball Ø5/10x15mm and alum. uprights using M5x25 pan
head screws.
9. Mount the track rods (collar of the alum. joint ball must
face the alum. steering lever) into the second thread hole
from the top using two M4 nuts.