FG Modellsport Leopard 4 Competition Mounting Instructions page 6

1. Press the M4x12 pan head screws from underneath into the
alum. chassis and fix the le/ri ABS splash guard using Ø4,3 disks
and stop nuts M4. Do not fasten the front left ABS splash guard.
2. Press the body bolts from the inside into the ABS
splash guard and fix with some superglue, then
clip on the body clip.
Alum. chassis
Insert bush for
chassis stiffening
CFRP chas-
sis stiffening
3. Press the insert bushes for the chassis stiffening
from the top into the CFRP chassis stiffenings, then
mount them from below to the alum. chassis using M4x10
countersunk screws. Left and right CFRP chassis stiffenings are dif-
ferent, pay attention to the borings.
All metric screws need to be secured with thread lock fluid.
3. Fix the rear lower alum. wishbones with wishbone pins
6x85mm to the alum. wishbone fixings 2° left/right, groove
and thread must face backwards. Make sure the mounted
wishbones can be moved easily up and down.
Guide bush
with collar
Impress
guide bushes
1. Press the guide bushes
with collar from the inside
and outside into the rear
lower alum. wishbones.
Hint: To withdraw the rear
lower wishbone pins
6x85mm screw an M4
screw into the tap hole
Screw
M3x20
of the wishbone pins
6x85mm and pull them out.
4. Screw the 7mm ball joints on the M4x14 headless pins until they are in contact and until they are 90° twisted. Impress a steel ball 7mm and
steel ball Ø7x5mm each one side of the ball joints 7mm.
5. Press the ball joints 7mm with the side of the steel ball Ø7x5mm on each side of the 5mm stabilizer and fix them using the 5mm alum. retai-
ning collar (collar facing the ball joint) and the headless pin M4x4.
6. Mount the ball joints 7mm with the side of the steel ball 7mm to the rear lower alum. wishbones (with the collar of the steel ball facing bak-
kwards) using M3x20 pan head screws. Impress the 5mm stabilizer into the alum. rear axle mounts.
Do not fasten the front
left ABS splash guard.
Screw
M4x10
2. Screw the headless pin
M5x20 centrically using screw
retention from the top into the
rear lower alum. wishbones.
Headless
pin M5x20
Rear lower
alum. wish-
bone
Ball
joint
7mm
Headless
Steel ball
pin M4x14
Ø7 x 5mm
Alum.
collet
5mm
Screw
M4x12
Screw
M4x10
Body bolt
Body clip
Headless
pin M4x4
Stabilizer
5mm
Position 9
Alum. rear
Parts are in
axle mount
bag A+B
right
Alum. adju-
sting key 2°
Guide bush
with collar
Screw
Screw
M5x14
Stop
M4x12
nut M4
Disk Ø4,3
ABS splash guard
4. Impress the guide bushes with col-
lar into the le/ri alum. wishbone
fixings 2° and mount them together
with alum. adjusting key 2° and
M5x14 countersunk screws to the left
and right rear axle mounts.
Alum. rear
axle mount
left
Impress
guide bushes
Alum. wish-
bone fixing
2°, left
Position 10
Parts are in
bag B+D