INSTRUCTION MANUAL & REFERENCE GUIDE
INTRODUCTION Serpent enters the small scale competition market with the S40, which like all our previous cars, has been designed to perform straight from the box. Made using top quality materials throughout, the S40 should see you in the winners circle in no time. In fact everything associated with this car is of the highest quality, from the packaging and supplied manuals, right through to the product and race support. INSTRUCTIONS Serpent s long tradition of excellence extends to their instruction manuals, and this instruction manual is no exception. The easy-to-follow layout is richly illustrated with 3D-rendered full-color images to make your building experience quick and easy. Following the instructions will result in a well-built, high-performance racecar that will soon be able to unleash its full potential at the racetrack. EXPLODED VIEWS AND PARTS LIST The exploded views and parts lists for the Serpent S40 are presented in the Reference Guide section in the back of this manual. The exploded views show all the parts of a particular assembly step along with the Serpent part number. The parts lists indicate the part number and name of each part for easy reference when ordering. SAFETY Included with your Serpent S40 kit is a document entitled Read This First that covers safety precautions for the assembly and use of this product. We strongly recommend that you thoroughly read and understand that document, and follow all the precautions.
SERPENT.COM The printed instruction manual included with your Serpent S40 kit is very complete, though due to continuous product development, more up-to-date information may be provided at our Serpent.com website. All information about the Serpent S40 is accessible from the Serpent S40 product page found on Serpent.com and can be accessed by simply typing serpent.com/ 4000 into your web browsers address bar. From the Serpent S40 product page you will find the very latest information about your Serpent S40: reports by team drivers and other experts, tips and tricks, setups, image gallery and downloadable files including the latest version of the instruction manual will be made available as downloadable PDF files. CONTENTS ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS 6 REFERENCE GUIDE PARTS LIST 6
USING THE MANUAL Step number; the order in which you should assemble the indicated parts Length after assembly / Gap between two items Assembly path of one item into another Group of items (within lines) should be assembled first Direction the item should be moved Glue one item to another Press/Insert one item into another Connect one item to another Apply transmission grease (Grey), threadlock* (Blue), CA glue* (Red) or differential grease (Orange). (*Items not included.)
SSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS
Bag 3 M.5x6 6 4 6 5 Thread Lock
3 4 4 3 7 Mx4 Mx4
3 Bag Mx0 Mx0 4 8 3
4 Mx0 4 3 9 Mx6 5 Mx6 5
5 Bag 3 0
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8 Bag 4 3 3
9 3 4 Silicone Grease 4
0 M3x3 4 5 Graphite Grease 3 5
Bag 5 3 6 6 7 5 4 6
Bag 6 7
3 4 3 5 40mm 8 73mm 5
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C REFERENCE GUIDE
FRONT ASSEMBLY Not Included 4005 4053 408 4049 4043 403 404 4030 4044 404 4045 407 405 4046 405 4054 406 4009 4054 4048 4005 4007 400 4006 4008
REAR ASSEMBLY 4007 4054 4003 4047 40 408 409 3 60
TRANSMISSION 4035 403 4054 408 4054 4036 4034 4040 4006 4005 4038 4037 4039 408 404 4004 405 4053 406 40 400 40 40 4053 405 4 405 4004 400
FINAL ASSEMBLY 4070-30SH 407-35SH 4074-40SH 4054 405 405 4076-8SH 4077-30SH 400 4053 405 403 405 4053 4054 5
PARTS LIST 6 MANUALS / DECALS 4085 Manual / Reference guide 4086 Decal sheet S40 () MAIN ASSEMBLY 400 Chassis plate carbon V 400 Battery holder 4003 Antenna holder Alu 4004 Axle bushing () 4005 Ball-joint (0) 4006 Ball-joint ball (0) 4007 Body-post alu () 4008 Bumper front nylon 4009 Bumper rear nylon BALL-DIFF SET 400 Diff adaptor 40 Diff balls () 40 Diff plate (3) 403 Diff wheel adaptor 404 Diff shaft steel 406 Plate front 58mm 407 Suspension mount front wide 408 Stiffener plate FR up 58mm 409 Gear 40T 400 Gear 4T 40 Gear 44T 40 Motor-mount alu () 403 Motor top plate 404 Motor top plate spacer 407 Pinion 8T 405 Pinion 0T 406 Pinion T RADIO PLATE 408 Post radio plate alu () 409 Plate ride height carbon RR () 4030 Spacer ride height FR +mm (6) 403 Holder servo () SHOCK ABSORBER 4033 Shock-set 4034 Shock-adjuster alu 4035 Shock holder RR brass 4036 Shock pin 4037 Shockplate carbon () 4038 Shock spacer carbon 4039 Shock spring 4040 Shock spring main STEERING ASSEMBLY 60 Body clip small (0) 404 Steering axle () 404 Steering block alu L 4043 Steering block alu R 4044 Steering bushing () 4045 Steering-rod alu 0mm 4046 Top-plate holder 4047 Top-plate carbon 4048 Trackrod alu 54mm 4049 Wheel-adaptor alu L 405 Grommet () 405 Wheel-adaptor alu L FASTENERS & BEARINGS Screw-set (7) 405 Ball bearing-set 3x6 (+) 405 Thrust bearing 3x.4 4053 Clips-shim-set (4) 4054 Nut set (5) TYRES / WHEELS 4060 Wheel FR white () 406 Wheel RR white () 4070 Pre mounted Foam tyre FR 30sh () 407 Pre mounted Foam tyre FR 35sh () 4074 Pre mounted Foam tyre FR 40sh () 4076 Pre mounted Foam tyre RR 8sh () 4077 Pre mounted Foam tyre RR 30sh () BODIES 70305 Body /4 GT 70306 Body /4 GTP 70307 Body /4 Touring ELECTRONICS 4080 Battery-pack Lipo 408 Regulator / controller Lipo 408 Motor standard 4083 Speed controller Lipo OPTIONALS 4055 Suspension mount front narrow TOOLS 5000 Tool bag Serpent 500 Allen wrench.5 x 0mm 500 Allen wrench.0 x 0mm 5003 Allen wrench.5 x 0mm 5004 Allen wrench 3.0 x 0mm 5005 Ball driver hex wrench.0 x 0mm 5006 Ball driver hex wrench.5 x 0mm 5007 Phillips screw driver 3.5 x 0mm 5008 Phillips screw driver 4.0 x 0mm 5009 Phillips screw driver 5.8 x 0mm 500 Nut driver 4.5 x 00mm 50 Nut driver 5.0 x 00mm 50 Nut driver 7.0 x 00mm 503 Flat head screw driver 3.0 x 50mm 504 Flat head screw driver 4.0 x 50mm 505 Flat head screw driver 5.0 x 00mm 506 Flat head screw driver 5.8 x 00mm 50 Reamer for lexan body with protector
OILS / LUBRICANTS 680 One way lube 5ml 68 Bearing oil 5ml 683 Premium lube 5ml 684 Oil-set 3 types (680-8-83) 690 Cleaning putty 00 gram MERCHANDISING 865 Lanyard serpent grey-silver 868 Pit-towel serpent orange 50x70cm 869 Pit-towel serpent orange 40x60cm 87 Rucksack serpent (35x45cm) black 873 Rucksack serpent (48x6cm) black 980 Kit-bag serpent large black-orange 98 Pit-bag Serpent medium (3 drawers) 983 Pit-bag Serpent large (4 drawers) 998 Cap serpent black-orange 9000 T-shirt serpent black (s) 900 T-shirt serpent black (m) 900 T-shirt serpent black (l) 9003 T-shirt serpent black (x)l 9004 T-shirt serpent black (xxl) 900 Sweater serpent black (s) 90 Sweater serpent black (m) 90 Sweater serpent black (l) 903 Sweater serpent black (xl) 904 Sweater serpent black (xxl) 7
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