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Re: Shorten truck frames

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Posted by big fred on June 28, 2002 at 09:47:24 from (12.13.226.15):

In Reply to: Shorten truck frames posted by truckman on June 27, 2002 at 20:00:55:

If you shorten the frame by a considerable amount it may affect your steering, since your Ackerman angle will no longer be correct. Lines drawn thru both steering arms should intersect at the middle of the rear axle, and when you move the axle it screws it up.

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