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Help me understand,...PRC.. just cuz i have them on my computer at the moment looking at their parts.. assuming they are much like everyone else. please help me understand the reasoning, of design and use of spindles and L blocks.
if an L block says it it a 7.5 kpi (guessing king pin inclination) Negative caster? So is its design that the base bearing and the locating pin do not line up with the heim center? safe to say the kart is engineered to preform with 7.5 neg or more in order to handle properly? why are they not all at zero?
the spindle itself, will also assume until educated differently, that the spindle assembly it self is a 90* angle both horizontally and vertically between the barrel and the actual spindle pin. if it's not at a 90 then it should have caster or camber built in. how would you know what it is if its not marked?
if the barrel is plumb, and the spindle pin is welded at a 90* vertical angel to the barrel, but it is welded at an angle such that say a straight line through it, would put it behind or ahead of the axis of the king pin bolt. would it be any different? how is caster built into a spindle?? if the spindle is listed as no cross, is this indicate a height difference in the pin ?
are the holes for the bearings in the spindle barrel cut on an angle so that it's not actually 90* to the pin that may be at a 90* would this build in caster?
what about the arm that the steering rod connects to??? there are so many facets to this single part of the kart yet it has SOOO much effect on how it handles... it really needs to be examined in great detail.
anyone understand what i'm getting at and have a way to educate me????
if an L block says it it a 7.5 kpi (guessing king pin inclination) Negative caster? So is its design that the base bearing and the locating pin do not line up with the heim center? safe to say the kart is engineered to preform with 7.5 neg or more in order to handle properly? why are they not all at zero?
the spindle itself, will also assume until educated differently, that the spindle assembly it self is a 90* angle both horizontally and vertically between the barrel and the actual spindle pin. if it's not at a 90 then it should have caster or camber built in. how would you know what it is if its not marked?
if the barrel is plumb, and the spindle pin is welded at a 90* vertical angel to the barrel, but it is welded at an angle such that say a straight line through it, would put it behind or ahead of the axis of the king pin bolt. would it be any different? how is caster built into a spindle?? if the spindle is listed as no cross, is this indicate a height difference in the pin ?
are the holes for the bearings in the spindle barrel cut on an angle so that it's not actually 90* to the pin that may be at a 90* would this build in caster?
what about the arm that the steering rod connects to??? there are so many facets to this single part of the kart yet it has SOOO much effect on how it handles... it really needs to be examined in great detail.
anyone understand what i'm getting at and have a way to educate me????