This is how I set my atv's up for an alignment or toe set. All owners manual have the procedure's in them. Its a piece of cake to do it this way and very accurate.

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Recently I was re-setting the toe out on the Hawkeye and between trying to keep the handle bars straight and the continual readjusting each side because of the drag, I came upon what I think will save a lot of time and frustration for others.

1. Do the alignment on a level cement floor.

2. Put the handlebars in the position you want them and hold them in place with a tie down on each side of the bars and connect them to something on the rear of the quad to keep them from moving as you adjust the tie rod ends.

3. Get some flat sheet metal (heater duct material) and make 4 pieces the same size anywhere from 6" to 12" square and deburr them. I also tried my wifes teflon baking sheets but the cookies might taste funny from the 20/50W oil.

4. Take a pair of the squares, put grease, oil, silicone, or Pam in between them like a sandwich and put them under the front tires. Each side will now move independent of the other side. This cut my alignment messing around by about 80%.

5. Adjust toe as per mfgs specs.

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Hope this helps.

 

Sorry for the Hijack. Should have sent pm. o' well.

 

ae you meaning toe out as in \ / So i can measure the rim lengths from the back and front to get a baseline measurment and then figure it iout from there. Hey thanks thats good to know

 

I you still have your Hawkeye manual, the procedure is detailed there or in Po's online manual.

Toe in makes the steering return to straight easier.
Toe out aids in slow turns
Toe neutral is fastest but can dart.

 

Darting around at high speed isn't a good thing IMO.

I would try maxxing out my tire pressure and getting on pavement some time to see what it will do if I could legally do it. So far I've only been able to open it up on loose dirt/sand roads. There are some "mixed traffic" fire lanes that cut through one trail I ride.

As far as I can tell there isn't much difference between the carb/EFI models in performance, but my new EFI is a little faster than my '01 carb was, even though it's about 35 pounds heavier.