extreme wheel shake
09-29-2008, 11:08 PM
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If your talking 7 degrees caster on left side and 10 on the right you have a circle track straight axle. there should be a difference in camber also if that is the case. 1 degree Positive right and 1 degree negative left. If this is the case, this axle should have been on a sprint car.
10-02-2008, 06:33 AM
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Re: extreme wheel shake
Originally Posted by kbartley
I have a pretty old Altered 4-link wheelbase is 116". As soon as I come out of the water the front wheel's start moving right to left rapidly. What do you think is the problem. I had this problem before on a FED that I had & I layed the spindle's back a few more degree's & fixed it. I checked fo play in the steering box on the altered & it seem's to be ok. Anybody out there had this happen before? My spindle's don't appear to be bent. Torsion bar frontend. Thank's, Kris
good luck and let us know if you find anything.
10-02-2008, 04:33 PM
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wheel shake
Hey Bubstr, I was thinking that very same thing. The only way I can see to fix it is go back to the beginning. The axel has been cut before. I think it may have been too wide so they shortened and didn't align the pin boss's before they welded it. So I think I should cut into it to see if they at least put in a piece of pipe before they welded it back together. I can see were the axel was welded back together but I don't see any evidence of a plug weld anywhere. Either way, It's not safe either way, you know. Damn, I can't wait for my new car to be done. I tempted to put this problem car out to pasture.
