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05-30-2010, 08:26 PM
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| RCC Addict  Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Council Bluffs
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ok so im not sure why this is but many times when i find myself digging uphill my tire that is onupper side of the hill will lift and ill have to straighten out and try again. any reasons why this is?
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05-30-2010, 08:45 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Who's asking?
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My guess would be physics? The weight is being transfered to the down hill wheel (gravity) and that wheel is hooking up; compressing that side of the axle and further unloading the uphill side. I don't often experience this situation but then again I run full droop so my downhill side is already fully compressed. |
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05-30-2010, 08:49 PM
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i was kinda thinking the same thing but wasnt sure if there was anything i could do to help counter act this. it only happens in pretty extreme up digging situations
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05-30-2010, 10:27 PM
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Try lighter springs in the front.
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05-31-2010, 05:08 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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Do you run toe in, toe out or zero ackermann?
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05-31-2010, 02:35 PM
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i try and run it with zero toe but i dont think thats possible. i have to eye them up and ill add spacers to make it so they are straight with the back. i have vanquish high steer knuckles
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05-31-2010, 03:03 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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Well, you might try running a bit of toe out. That will have your inside tire turning at a sharper angle than the outside...and hopefully keep from lifting that inner tire.
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05-31-2010, 07:18 PM
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it doesnt harm my crawlers ability at all or does the postive effects outweigh the negative. how much toe out? only a few degrees be enough?
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05-31-2010, 07:41 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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That's really something that you'll need to mess around with. Adjust the toe slightly, then try the climb that you are concerned about....
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05-31-2010, 07:48 PM
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ok thanks. im going there tomorrow i think to break in the new set of rovers so ill try that.
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05-31-2010, 07:59 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: I miss Rowdy
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try running a little negative caster, it will help with the tire maintaining more of a flat contact patch when digging uphill. Note: I did mean CASTER, not Camber. Roll the axles back a little to get some caster.
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06-01-2010, 06:46 AM
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BTW, I don't think any of these trucks have adjustable camber....well, they aren't supposed to.  | |
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06-01-2010, 12:01 PM
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ok i tried having toe out and it didnt really help. at least i didnt notice it./ i usually run rovers on 1 in wheels with nova 2.2 dd and i switched over to my chisels with stock memory foams on titus wheels and it didnt do it. foams maybe the cause?
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06-01-2010, 12:19 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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When you are testing out a new setup, you should really only change one variable at a time...
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06-01-2010, 01:12 PM
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Linear Mode
