I had a great drive out tonight - I met up with a few of the guys from the SKCC forum and Matt kindly brought his laser tracking kit, to try help with the tyre squeal.
A few minutes work showed that I had a HUGE amount of toe-in, despite it looking perfectly straight to the naked eye. Effectively, Zedster has been snow-ploughing along, hence the tyre squeal.
A few more minutes with a spanner and I had a slight amount of toe-out instead. Ideally, I want a bit of toe-in but I didn't want to delay the others with more adjusting - it's 300% better than it was.
And, man is it good; no more tyre squeal, much less kick-back when going through potholes and I've got self-centering of the steering! After all those other things I tried to get that!
As is always the danger of driving in groups, I didn't want to slow the others, so my good intentions of running the engine in went out the window a bit. But Zedster sounds awesome at higher revs and quick, very quick!
Getting better every drive...
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