Asiatam kv1 tamiya torsion bars

[wyvern]

I have an asiatam hulled kv1. I have made the suspension adjustable with set screws but I am still finding the torsion bars are too soft. I have thought about replacing them with tamiya torsion bars but I don't know if they are any stiffer than the asiatam rods. Has onyone tried this? The alternative is the adjustable suspension from rctank.de but I understand this has its own issues.

Cheers

Guy

[tomhugill]

I thought I'd seen stiffer rods from rctank.de as well as the adjustable suspension.

[PainlessWolf]

Good morning,
Back when I was building the 'Palace', the tank was simply too heavy in the rear for the existing torsion bars. I used two mods to bring it up to level. I used a brace on the rear four bars and added a extra torsion bar for support to all of the mounts. That was a lot of work but the weight of the vehicle required it. I know that Tamiya has some sort of carbon fiber torsion bars out there which are supposed to be 'wunderkind' for heavy vehicles. That might be worth searching out.
regards,
Painless

[wyvern]

The double torsion bars are an option. I was going to see if I could get the taigen torsion bars which I imagine are thicker - but they aren't available. I think what I am going to try is further tweaking the current set up I have with the asiatam bars to see if I can get that to work as I have plastic wheels and tracks . Alternatively I am going to buy some tamiya bars and fit those or make my own from spring steel stock.

Has anyone installed the corleis suspension system in a taigen / asiatam hull. I have doubts that the set screw would grip the shaft well enough. If it will sort the suspension issue it may well worth be installing that system instead.

Sometimes I wish I had bought a second hand tamiya kit...... But then I wouldn't get the satisfaction from fixing it!

Guy