I ran the 22" Holeshots yesterday for a trail ride and noticed that the left rear tire was a little closer to the heel guard than the right, maybe 1/2". When I adjust the chain, I eyeball alignment and snug down the cross bolts believing the swingarm is square enough to self-align the axle. After the cross bolts are snug, I tighten the adjusters until they touch and then crank down on the cross bolts. There has to be a more exact way to measure the axle alignment, anyone have a trick (besides a new swingarm:-). Thanks!

 

Yup check the heelguards.....Ive had to bend mine back!

 

Yup , the heal guards.
If the axle were that far off, the quad would be "Dog Tracking" like an old Chevy Nova.

 

Thanks guys, I'll check the heel guard. I just ordered a lonestar +2 swingarm, no more messing with the factory adjusters!! Woohoo!!:-)

 

hey, whats 'dog tracking" and what does it have to do with a Nova?

 

Evidently your too young to have lived in the days of the early Novas and having the pleasure of driving behind one watching it go down the street almost sideways because the rearends were so far out of alignment.

 

I still see some novas driving down the street like that sometimes, and I still think its the funniest thing in the world!

 

Yeah those Novas where bad.
"There has to be a more exact way to measure the axle alignment, anyone have a trick (besides a new swingarm:-). Thanks!"
That's funny!
Measuring the ends of the axles to a common point on the frame and the farther forward that you make this point the more acurate.