my toylander 2/defender

[Richard]

The three causes of the 'Dok, Dok' noise of the chain climbing the sprocket found so far are: a spring link wider than the chain by more 'thou' than necessary, a really sloppy fit in other words. Too tight a chain and finally chain misalignment. Tightness needs to be checked all around the full length of the chain by rotating the wheel and motor and must be set at the tightest spot. 10/12mm up and down in the middle of the run is about there. Misalignment comes in: Vertical and Horizontal planes. The cause of a horizontal misalignment is the rear axle plate not fitting within the batten and pushing the motor mounting plate out at one end. Vertical misalignment is often caused by the top spacer being the incorrect size and tipping the MMP in or out. Use a square on the base to check distance piece size. A straight edge laid along the side of the sprockets are a useful guide. Please let me know what you find.
BW's Richard
 

[Neil117]

  they looks like quad damper - what rates are the springs ?

Thanks Tim

i have no idea mate the front ones are from a 50cc and the back are off the front of a 100cc on if that helps

[Neil117]

 a few updates and some random ones

dash



wheels



lights and numberplates



testing the suspension





plenty powers

[Kevin]

Hello
I know its late in the build, well very late in the build but how did you make your wheel arches I'm thinking of doing the same.I'm a chef so my carpentry skills are pants. This is my second attempt as the first one ended with the garage roof falling in under the weight of snow. Snow and MDF don't mix. Any way your help would be great.
Kevin
PS the landy looks amazing .

[Robert]

Hi Neil,

the defender looks great, congratulations! 

Isn't the quad damping to heavy for a toylander with one or two kids in it ?

[Neil117]

thanks

no its alright i'm not running the tyres very hard

[Robert]

thanks

no its alright I'm not running the tires very hard

Do you mean that the tires are damping instead of the quad shocks?
Are these shocks working OK while one wheel is for instance on a pavemen?
I ask this because I suspect the quad shocks to be damping to heavy for a "kidload", and that's the reason why I didn't use them.

[Neil117]

they seem to work fine she's never been stuck from it cocking a wheel

they are from pretty much the smallest quad you can buy and i can lift one of them myself but i can't lift nicoles toylander so in my opinon they are actually damping a lot softer than when they were on the quad hope that answers your question