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TIE RODS

Postby DAVE » Mon Nov 14, 2005 9:32 pm

got my new tie rods for my brute, they are easly twice as heavy, I have them on and I am wondering--- tow in??---tow out?? straight... Got any ideas??



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Postby Rogue » Mon Nov 14, 2005 9:38 pm

See what the user manual says, but my guess it probably has a neutral setting for the tow. Tow out will make it turn faster, but it will have a tendency to feel like it wanders. Tow in will make it track straight, but makes turning a little harder. Guess it's your preference. On the polaris' they are neutral to tow out.
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Postby Chadd » Mon Nov 14, 2005 10:36 pm

On the POO's you wrap a string around all four tires and you want the rear edge of the front tires a 1/8 to a 1/4" from the string. so that would be toe out.. I can double check that tomorrow.
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Postby DAVE » Tue Nov 15, 2005 7:11 am

I have a shop manual ans don't see any referance to alinment, I will look again. any info you guys have would be great.........

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Postby dp » Tue Nov 15, 2005 7:23 am

we almost had to tow it out of there, lol.

Good deal Dave. That should give you some extra confidence in those rocky areas. I'm still shocked that the area you bent a tie rod also took another according to Chadd.
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Postby Ken » Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:32 am

I've REALLY smacked rocks at a pretty good clip of speed and no tie rod bends.

I've actually expected it, a couple times.
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Postby Mr. Miyagi » Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:37 am

Me too..... smacked em hard. Surprised I didn't bend one or two...
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Postby MrBill » Tue Nov 15, 2005 11:24 am

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Postby DAVE » Tue Nov 15, 2005 2:52 pm

COOL thanks MrBill..................



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Postby Ken » Tue Nov 15, 2005 4:43 pm

When I rebuilt my Willys Jeep years ago, I didn't want to blow money on an alignment, so I did it myself.

I had no idea how to do it....so I took a broom stick, and put 2 nails at each end and held it up the front of the tire and marked it on the tire where the nails hit. Then put in the back.

Then I measured the marks in the front and back, to find the difference. Then I turned the rod to pull or push to fix the difference.

That was 1987. It's still the same setting. I later had a shop check it out...it was dead on.

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Postby Rogue » Tue Nov 15, 2005 4:53 pm

Ken wrote: Screw lasers!! Brooms!
I could see how you could screw a broom, but how does it work with lasers?
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Postby Mr. Miyagi » Tue Nov 15, 2005 4:54 pm

lol......
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Postby Rogue » Tue Nov 15, 2005 4:58 pm

:mrgreen: Been a long day at work
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Postby oldtrucks » Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:28 pm

Dave another thing to check is side to side alignment. You can set the toe correct and end up having one side longer than the other, make any sense at all? When we raced Karts we would do quicky alignments and the karts wouldn't roll through turns. We would measure the front to back on each side and end up off on one side. It creates a pinch effect, probably not too big an issue on the quad, but still something to watch.
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Postby Chadd » Tue Nov 15, 2005 11:48 pm

Rogue wrote::mrgreen: Been a long day at work
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