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Old 06-05-2019, 10:44 PM   #1
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I recently purchased a 2014 Yamaha Drive and I am having handling issues when up to speed. It has 20 inch tires on 14 inch wheels with a 2 inch lift kit. It has a higher speed motor, but I am not sure exactly what the specs are other than it is supposed to go around 20-25 mph. The problem I am having is that when I get above 15, the cart gets extremely squirrelly. Every bump in the road, especially when crossing over the crown, the cart becomes extremely difficult to control and wants to fishtail. I'm worried about rolling the cart because it is hard to control, and sometimes the control issues happen slower than I would expect. Does anyone have any advice they could give on how I could improve the situation, or what my issue might be? I tried deflating the tires down to 22psi as I had seen suggested, and that helped, but not much. Thank you in advance.
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Old 06-05-2019, 11:39 PM   #2
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Set toe to zero, or possibly toe-out.
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Old 06-06-2019, 05:14 AM   #3
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Could also be worn out shocks.
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Old 06-06-2019, 08:08 AM   #4
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Like CG said check your toe-in sounds to me like it is needs to be adjusted I run mine 1/8" toe-in and the squirrely steering went away.
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Old 06-07-2019, 05:40 AM   #5
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Ok. I will check the toe in when I can get some time to work on it if need be. It shouldn’t be shocks/suspension related as I had that replaced when I bought the cart. Thank you!
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Old 06-10-2019, 06:06 PM   #6
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So I checked the toe. The front of the front tires are about an inch closer together than the rear of the front tires. Would this account for the steering problems? I though that type of toe was good? I know it is high, but does it need to go the opposite direction?
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Old 06-10-2019, 09:15 PM   #7
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0-1/8" toe in should make an immense improvement.
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Old 06-11-2019, 12:27 PM   #8
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Does the 1/8 hold true even with the larger tires?
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Old 06-11-2019, 02:30 PM   #9
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Almost exclusively yes. Unless you possess some intimate knowledge of non-standard suspension and unusual tires on your cart.

That is the standard. If you aren't satisfied with the result you could always experiment in small increments less than and greater than to fine tune the adjustment that suits your particular cart. A little goes a long way.
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Old 06-11-2019, 05:48 PM   #10
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Ok. Thank you. I was just curious since 1/8 on a stock tire is a bigger angle than 1/8 on a larger tire and we are talking about relatively small angles making meaningful impacts.
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