2" toe in is a lot. You will find that close to 0 is very good. --- Bernard McLean Sr <popsfl...@northboone.com> wrote:
> > Jim Raleigh wrote: > > >When I back up the gear straightins up and the > tires are running as they should. I know that this > means that the wheels are castered outward. I tried > putting some shims in the back but it seems to only > bend the thru bolts. You guys with the grove gear > got some ideas. > > > Jim; > Sounds like your main wheels are severely toed out. > Try looking at Mark Langford's web site on this > topic. He has some very > astute comments and procedures there. > I installed the Diehl gear while the boat was still > upside down on the > table and took extreme care to make sure that the > gear leg ends were > equidistant from the floor (gear brackets attached!) > and that the axle > bracket mounts were as parallel as possible. > Even with all this, I had to add .015" shims at the > rear of the axle > brackets. This has resulted in a 2" toe-in over a > distance of 12 feet. > I'm hoping I can live with this but am prepared to > adjust the shims if I > get any handling anomalies or weird tire wear. I'm > told that a slight > toe in is acceptable. > Hope this helps. > > Bernie McLean > Poplr Grove IL > KR 2 > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to > krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at > http://www.krnet.org/info.html > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
