Man-O-Steele Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 looking for some tips and tricks to setting caster, and toe. seems pretty straight forward but any suggestions would be appreciated. +2+1 a arms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas h. Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 The guy at leager told me to set the tire pressure, sit on the quad, use a large framing square on flat concrete. So place the square on the ground and touching the front tire. When there is a 1/4 inch gap at the top edge of the rim you are close. Their are many setting for the type of riding you will do the most. 1/4 toe in is good to. I don't know what type of a arms you have but caster is not adjustable( or was that camber ). This method is easy and good for old or tweaked banshee frames. What arms do you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasons Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 http://www.lsracing.com/img/Guide_21.pdf should work with adjustable arms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man-O-Steele Posted November 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 http://www.lsracing.com/img/Guide_21.pdf should work with adjustable arms this is perfect. my caster was all f'd up and the steering was sticky at the lock. thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooker82 Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 (edited) The guy at leager told me to set the tire pressure, sit on the quad, use a large framing square on flat concrete. So place the square on the ground and touching the front tire. When there is a 1/4 inch gap at the top edge of the rim you are close. Their are many setting for the type of riding you will do the most. 1/4 toe in is good to. I don't know what type of a arms you have but caster is not adjustable( or was that camber ). This method is easy and good for old or tweaked banshee frames. What arms do you have? Camber is what your refering to by useing a framing square. It is the tipping of the tire in or out at the top. Almost every a arm is adjustable for this. Castor is the leaning of the spindle back or forward. It is a pain to get adjusted correctly. You have to use an angle finder and a sraight edge to measure the angle from the top to bottom ball joint. Most caster adjuable a arms have hiem joints where the a arm mounts to the frame. You adjust it by screwing one joint in or out. This moves the ball joint / hiem joint forward or back. What caster does is allow your tires to lean when you turn. If it isnt set right it will be real easy to turn from mostly straight. The more you turn the handle bars the more effort it takes to turn them. It wont feel even or smooth. It will also cause instability at high speeds. This is why I recomend getting a set of a arms that do not use hiem jonts where they mount to the frame. That way you dont have to deal with setting caster. Edited November 16, 2011 by jbooker82 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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