A BRIEF OVERVIEW AND
INSTRUCTIONS
FOR OUR NEW, SIMPLE TO APPLY,
HO
3 POINT TRUCK SUSPENSION UNITS
In practice, the SMOOOTH
Rider TM Suspension System
is
invisible, non-intrusive and simplicity itself to apply
PROTO:87 STORES TM
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A BRIEF OVERVIEW AND
INSTRUCTIONS
FOR OUR NEW, SIMPLE TO APPLY,
HO
In practice, the SMOOOTH
Rider TM Suspension System
is
invisible, non-intrusive and simplicity itself to apply
The SMOOOTH Rider TM Suspension System is designed to significantly improve both the track holding and prototypical operating movement and appearance of all HO cars of any HO wheel standard. In particular it dramatically helps the track holding of cars with rigid framed trucks, and especially those with finer flanges or proto:scale wheels.
The SMOOOTH Rider TM Suspension System is simplicity itself and fitting is an incredibly quick and easy task.
The SMOOOTH Rider TM Suspension System consists of a pair of precision preformed extremely thin metal washers with tiny central ridges, that are fitted to the underside of the car body, against the truck king pin bosses. The trucks are removed, the washers glued in place and the trucks re-attached. It's that simple!
These tiny thin SMOOOTH Rider TM washers are only 0.010" thick and raise the car height by less than one scale inch! So there is no need to adjust couplers and there is no apparent visual difference even to the most accurate of scale models.
APPLICATION
It is recommended you read these instructions all the way through first, before starting the conversion
First remove the trucks to expose the truck pivot bosses.
Next glue a washer centrally on each boss, but align the ridges of one washer along the car and the ridges of the other washer across the car as shown. Make sure only the thinnest possible layer of glue is used and the washer is glued down perfectly flat.
aligned
along
aligned across
Once the glue has fully cured or set hard, the trucks can be re-attached.
Tighten the truck mounting screws down gently and then back them off about 1/2 turn, until and so that trucks tip freely and fully across the washer ridges. Now the car is ready for re-use.
Apart from greatly improved track
holding, SMOOOTH
RIDER TM 3
POINT TRUCK SUSPENSION UNITS will reduce the amount and rate of
unprototypical
fast shocks and vibrations caused by uneven track and running over
bumpy
switches/frogs. They will increase the tendency for cars to be
more
stable and run more smoothly on flat trackwork and sway and roll more
slowly
and more prototypically around curves and less flat track.
SMOOOTH RIDER TM
3
POINT TRUCK SUSPENSION UNITS
SMR8
8 Pairs of Washers, - $2.95
(enough to upgrade 8 cars)
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