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Brian Piersol
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wheel alignment

Postby Brian Piersol » Mon Feb 07, 2005 2:00 pm

most people who use thier cub for its intended usage (on dirt of some some sort) would not notice this but since my cub spends most of its time on a flat smooth paved road riding my grandson down to the neighbors barn and back to look at the moocows (AGAIN) I've noticed i must allways pull and fight my cub to keep it from drifting right. Obviously, my alignment is off a little. what tie rod end should i adjust and in what direction (longer or shorter) to make my cub go straight naturally and not off the road to the right in the field where it wants to go now? Thanks from Brian in Lancaster COWnty, PA

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Postby Donny M » Mon Feb 07, 2005 2:03 pm

Check out Rudi's site. Mr. GW has a fine how to for wheel alignment 8)

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Re: wheel alignment

Postby George Willer » Mon Feb 07, 2005 3:16 pm

Brian Piersol wrote:most people who use thier cub for its intended usage (on dirt of some some sort) would not notice this but since my cub spends most of its time on a flat smooth paved road riding my grandson down to the neighbors barn and back to look at the moocows (AGAIN) I've noticed i must allways pull and fight my cub to keep it from drifting right. Obviously, my alignment is off a little. what tie rod end should i adjust and in what direction (longer or shorter) to make my cub go straight naturally and not off the road to the right in the field where it wants to go now? Thanks from Brian in Lancaster COWnty, PA


Brian,

Nice to hear from you again!

Your steering problem is NOT related to the length of the tie rods. Since the weight is exactly the same on both front wheels, toe-in or toe-out can only cause wandering. This is when the tires argue about which one will be in charge (roll straight) and which one will skid... which should happen randomly. Two things I know about that would cause one (right) wheel to be in charge more are unequal tire pressure and unequal spindle angle.

Sometimes wallowed out holes for the locating pin in the axle allow one wheel to be farther back than the other... reducing the spindle angle.

We commonly set the wheels to toe in slightly, but only so that they don't toe out while running. Ideally they will both be exactly straight ahead while running.

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Postby beaconlight » Mon Feb 07, 2005 4:15 pm

A two lane paved country road generally has a crown. (The center is higher that both edges). this runs water off quite well but will contribute to drifting toward the right in the USA. In England where they drive on the other side of the road. well i am sure that you can figure the rest out.

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