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Well, I didn't check the toe before I did the mod, so I don't really know where I am with that.
On the wheels, I had my machinist friend cut the wheels on his HUGE lathe just next to the weld. I didn't have enough riveted wheels to completely follow your exact description, but I feel mine have...
In theory the extra scrub seems to be causing a toe out condition. It wasn't an issue with the original wheels but seems to be now. You being a suspension man will know that toe out causes wandering. I'm thinking that if my toe in was set to neutral or "0" before the wheel mod that the scrub is...
Here is a pic of the truck with the wheels. Tires are G177 1100r20's. I do feel that increasing the toe will help with the wandering. I checked the runout of the wheels with a pointer they were all within 1/8 of an inch. I checked with the tires mounted and at the tread I had one that was on the...
You may end up with an egg shaped spindle. This wouldn't be a problem unless the spindle deforms the bearing race when reinstalled. Egg shaped bearing races don't work well.
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Hey Guys, I did the "Jesus Gatos" center flip on the wheels. Here is what I found. After a test drive I found that the handling was terrible. It wandered all over the road. I also found that even a little axial wheel runout causes a steering shake. The added scrub radius is causing the wandering...
I vote that you have a tire size issue. The different sizes between axles will cause drive line wrap up. This will build until there is no other way for the stored energy to alleviate it self, then it unwinds. This will cause slippage at the ground-tire contact patch which results in a...
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