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Old 08-10-2014, 11:27 AM   #28
LimitedEdition
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Texas
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Default Re: Yamaha G29/YDR/Drive Club thread

My cart came with a 6” Jakes spindle lift; this is common with the cart buddies I run with now. On all of the carts with the 6” Jakes lift the camber on the front wheels leans severely to the center of the cart. Because of this, the toe has to be set out to stabilize the steering, up to ¾” out. With the negative camber and the excessive tow out, our carts look like they had been in a wreck. While I was working on the front end, I noticed when I jacked up the front with a floor jack it extended the front struts. This extension would correct the camber. The simplest solution to me was to make some spacers to go between the bottom of the spring to extend the strut, and maintain the lift needed to correct the camber. I had some 3/16” plate lying around and this is what I used to make 3 washer style spacers. I used a 3” hole saw to cut the outside dimension which ended up being 2-13/16”. To cut the inside diameter I used a 1-3/4” hole saw, that needed to be opened up to 1-13/16” to fit over the end of the shock. I have a decent drill press so using the hole saws worked for me. After installing the three spacers (9/16” total) on each strut, and setting the toe closer to factory specs the cart handles well and looks great now.
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