Originally Posted by
andrew-01
Guys, thank you very much for your help and advice. I'll be sure to write these suggestions down to try out at the track.
A side note, per a 12r5.1, when assembling the upper arms and attaching the ball ends. If the upper ball end is at an angle, is that effectively changing the caster?
I included a screen shot below to better explain.
Here the upper ball end is essentially flat with the steering block, if it were tilted for/aft, would that be effecting the travel thus inducing/reducing caster?
The ball end itself will not change the amount of caster you have, the clips that you put in between the upper arm and caster block does that (ones that clip onto the upper hinge pins).
I think the upper ball ends ideally should just be positioned parallel to the top of the ball that is inside it (i.e. perpendicular to the kingpin angle if viewed form the side). If not it might hinder the arm movement.
Heres another question.
On my 5.1, the balls are pretty tight inside the eyelets, are they removable once snapped in? Will replacing with the coated steel balls from AE relieve the problem? Any other tips on freeing them up?