Alignment

[ballistici6]

Does anyone know how to adjust the front-end alignment? My banshee is pulling hard to the right. All tires are in good condition and properly inflated. The only adjustment I see is for the two tie-rods but they are not changing the alignment, only the toe-in/toe-out. I did a search for alignment but didnt find anything that I could use. Please help!

[batoutofshell]

thats the only adjustment on the front end that I know of unless your shocks that bad off or you brakes are sticking, arms or frame are bent. count the amount of threads on the tierods showing on each side they should be the same measure the distance between the tire fronts and back and front they should be equal

Edited March 21, 2006 by batoutofshell

[Bird Eyes]

Could be a bad caliper making your brakes stick on the side that it is pulling.

[Cotton eyed Joe]

When did it start doing this? Your alignment won't just go out all at once, so I'm wondering if you have your carrier adjusted crooked. If you have a stock swingarm, it is possible to get your carrier in there a bit crooked and it will cut to one side or the other, and its pretty bad when you wheelie.

[ballistici6]

The alignment was always a little bit off but recently got pretty bad. How do I adjust the carrier? It's pretty much unrideable now because it wears you out very fast.

[fastbanshee4u]

Your front tires are not towed out inthe front are they? Use a tape measure when checking .The front of the front tires should measure 1/4 to 3/8 less than the back of the front tires. You can ratchet strap the bars straight.Use 2 straps to the rear grab bar and tighten so bars are straight and dont move.Now loosen the 4 ball joint lock nuts and adjust everything where it needs to be.Alot of time I will get a straight edge like a level or whatever.Hold the straight edge on the front rims in reference to the rear tires so bothsides are the same,and you still have the front slightly towed in.Your rear axel could be out of whack some.The easy way to tell that is air rear tires thre axact same,then ride a wheelie on flat black top.If it wheelies fairly straight then its the problem is up front. Hope you understand all this .and get er done.

Oh yea dont count threads usemore thechnoligy than that,if something gets a little bent or wore counting threads wont get you any where.

[Cotton eyed Joe]

The alignment was always a little bit off but recently got pretty bad. How do I adjust the carrier? It's pretty much unrideable now because it wears you out very fast.

491076[/snapback]

I'd start by backing the adjusting screws all the way out, then throwing the whole mess away and buying a round house conversion.

 

But if you don't want to go that route, just back the adjusting screws all the way out, then turn them in 1/2 turn at a time, going back and forth until your chain is adjusted.

[Blue Duece]

if you have a carpenters framing square, you can put it from your swingarm to the axle and check both sides till its perfectly at 90 degrees to your swingarm on both sides and thats about as straight as your ass ends gonna track to the chassis, faster's tip is dead on you gotta tie your bars off or youll chase those tie rods around for hours, you can allways put a six or eight foot level or straight edge across your back rim to your front rim, with the level sitting full on the back rim you can ajust both sides of the front rim to square up or plane in with the rear, i allways toe my fronts in twards each other about a 1/8" cause when you pinn your shee that little bit of slop in all your front end hardware, spreads slightly, so when your doing 80 your bikes going dead nuts straight