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Originally Posted by deuce295
As this is not a stock setup I have noticed with the steering arm that is mounted to the spindle has the ball end (drag link connection) directly over the centerline of the axle. In this configuration the travel of the ball end from the center of the axle travels further when going to left than going to the right since the Ackerman angles of this combination allows the wheel on the inside of the turn to rotate further than the outside wheel. I am trying to move the relationship of the ball end to the centerline of the axle to try and split the differences but not quite getting it yet. I keep thinking I am doing something very obviously wrong as people have been doing these swaps for many years and I have not heard of this issue. I really appreciate everyone's time and input on this. It will be solved at some point. Thank you. I'll check again maybe I have the Ackerman angles goofed up but it seemed as everything lined up with the center of the rear axle.
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If the arms on the spindles are set for the correct Ackerman angles on both spindles, the drag link arm should provide equal turning off an
outside wheel in either direction, when the drag link am on the spindle is centered over the axle. You can eliminate your confusion if you only consider the
outside wheel, regardless of which direction you are turning. I think your confusion comes when you think in terms of only one wheel instead of thinking in terms of the outside (or inside) wheel. Hard to put in words, easy to actually do.
Note:. When turning right, the left wheel is the
outside wheel, when turning left, the right wheel is the
outside wheel.