Tests, tests and more tests!
T his morning I disassembled the steering upgrade package and changed the bolts holding the security brackets to longer bolts. I also realigned the main brackets and verified that they were the same distance from the center of axle to the edge of bracket. This ensures that the brackets don't affect the alignment. As you can see from the above pictures the brackets in the photo on the top are not aligned as well as the picture on the bottom. I then elongated the hole on one safety bracket to ensure alignment of the tie-rod mounting holes. Next was taking the tie-rod and making sure each ball end was screwed into the tie-rod the same distance. I preceded to mount the tie-rod to the top of the brackets. This position was opposite to the way I had it mounted yesterday, as it was on the bottom. I now grabbed my two metal tape measures and stretched one from side of one wheel at the back to the side of the other wheel at the back, about halfway up from the floor on each. I used the spoke...