I am having ALOT of trouble on my quadzilla with alignment. I align the wheels by eye (you can only adjust toe) and then I set on it and the wheels seem to toe out...get off and its fine again. Why does toe seem change with ride height on this? I eyeballed it with me on it, and got it close. It drives fine on a dirt road, but on cement it is almost undriveable, it will not stay straight, the wheels fight each other and its down right scarry. I have fought with it for quite a while now. I replaced all the loose needle bearings in my control arms, replaced 1 bad tie rod end. My one rod arm between my tie rod ends is bent, but it shouldnt matter if you can adjust it, right?
This quad drove fine on cement before all the parts went bad. And after I replace them its much worse


Thanks in advance for any reply

 

With the kind of problem you described on pavement, you definitely need an alignment. I assume your tire pressures are even, and your tires are not worn mainly on one side? With your quad on a level surface, without you on it, measure the distance between the centers of the tires in the front, in the middle of the tread, and make a duplicate measurement at the center of the tread in the rear of the tire. If these measuremants are not close to each other, your quad will pull violently to one side or the other. For something that doesn't see pavement use frequently, or have to to worry about tread wear, the measurements don't have to be exact, but should be close, with the front a little wider than the rear. I hope I helped you out.

 

Thanks for the idea. A tape measure will get me alot closer than by eye. I couldnt imagine that it would need to be that close either.

 

I don't want to cause a big argument here, but I think the front of the tires should toe in just a little bit. I'm not positive on this but my truck has toe in and it runs down the road straight. Looks to me that if the tires pointed out they would tend to wander around. Someone let us know which way is correct.

 

Tom 400EX, you are correct. The front of the tires should be about 1/4 to 1/2 inche closer than what they are at the rear of the tire. On a utility quad they need to ne even or slighty toe-d out. But on a sport quad they need to toe-d in.

96 Banshee and 96 Warrior

 

116 is right, for MX racing or just riding 1/4-1/2 toe-in, for faster riding like drags or TT try to stay close to 1/4 toe-in or a little less even, but always have toe-in over toe-out. If the front is wider than the rear (Toe-out) you can actually damage front-end parts like tie-rod ends and is harder on tie-rods, and even the ball joints. Not to mention poor handling.

Hope We Helped,

Sickman

 

Thanks for all the replys! I found the spec in the manual for alignment. It tells in inches where the wheels should be, and it does recommend to have the wheels toe'd in.

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