Team CRC Carpet Knifea 3 Assembly And Setup Manual

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Calandra Racing Concepts

Assembly and Setup Manual

Congratulations! You now own the best 1/12th scale car on the market today, the Carpet Knifeä Version 3. This completely new car

sets higher standards in pan car design, performance and convenience features. Calandra Racing is proud to have you as an owner

of the new Carpet Knifeä ! Build this car carefully and precisely. It will bring years of enjoyment and performance.

1) Build the shock per the instructions included in Bag "S". Use FSR or Asc 30 weight silicone

Shock

oil. After the shock is built, set it aside for mounting later.

DISASSEMBLY

BEVEL BATTERY SLOTS

Remove sharp edge- DO NOT FILE!

DO NOT

file the battery slots! The

slots are pre-machined to allow the batteries to sit

flush with the bottom of the chassis.

**Optional** - You may wish to slightly chamfer the sharp edges. Do this by

lightly dragging a sharp X-acto blade across the sharp edge of the graphite.

Carpet Knifeä

Version 3

Center Shock

Assembly

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Page 1 Calandra Racing Concepts Carpet Knifeä Version 3 Assembly and Setup Manual Congratulations! You now own the best 1/12th scale car on the market today, the Carpet Knifeä Version 3. This completely new car sets higher standards in pan car design, performance and convenience features. Calandra Racing is proud to have you as an owner of the new Carpet Knifeä...
Page 2 Bag "F" and Bag "X" Use the shims to remove play in the steering block. Shim the king pin so that the shims stack up to a level even with the e-clip groove. A .20" spring is included in the kit. Try .18"...
Page 3 Bag "R" and Bag "1" Bag "6" locknut TRIM Plastic! Bag 1 contains the graphite bottom plate, For Motor + Battery Small washer Clearance aluminum cone, and hardware. Mount the hex pivot balls (from Bag 2) securely by tightening them with a 3/16" nut driver. Do Pivot Plate not use the screw head to tighten the hex balls.
Page 4 Bag "5" Bag "3" Rear top plate Tweak C) Thread set screw stud Thread the 2-56 balls into the graphite from the bottom. into cross brace. Then Assembly Then, mount the larger 4-40 ball from the top and secure thread into spring holder with a locknut.
Page 5 Bag "2", Bag "4" and Bag "7" 1) Find the Damper tubes in Bag #4. Clean the aluminum tubes with a cotton swab to ensure there is no aluminum filings in the tube. 2) Assemble by threading the 2-56 studs into the black plastic ball cups. Thread in fairly deep with only about 1/8" of the thread protruding. Now, thread one ballcup into the aluminum tube and the other into the black delrin plunger.
Page 6 Bag "D" Differential axle assembly 1) Use the above ride-height adjusters to set the rear height of the car. The adjuster you use depends on the rear tire size. 2) Push the flanged bearings from Bag "B" into the ride height adjusters.