Ye ole steering wander problem...
This question/comments is in regard to a 2017 Thor Freedom Elite 29FE. The problem is the old story of steering wander. I’ve had the wheels balanced and the front end aligned. I tried to get the align...
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Harvard wrote:
...when the Ingalls 594s were set to 0.0 degrees caster the alignment rack print out told me I had LH +3.3 and RH +3.5 degrees of caster.
My Caster Story Circa 2011
Those of you who haven't, the linked thread is a great read. I've been following this from almost before it started, and didn't realize till now that Harvard found the Ingalls bushings at Zero. I knew he wasn't satisfied with the alignment he'd had done. Also not sure I remembered he had an alignment report he took as accurate. I thought he decided to try more caster, then looked at the settings on the Ingalls bushings, found out from the Instruction Sheet said the degrees would be, and changed adjustment to add max caster which turned out to be 2*.
Point is, Harvard had the needed information, from the Alignment Report, AND the means to add Caster since the Ingalls bushings were already there. But if one of us doesn't have a Report, or a Bushing of known value, we don't have enough info and we don't have a way to add Caster without either (1) help from an alignment rack or (2) backing into a starting position for the Ingalls bushings that matches the fixed bushings, THEN adjusting the Ingalls to another 2* of Caster. Quite a challenge, and I haven't figured out how to meet it.
