Owner`s manual

FRONT END ALIGNMENT (cont)
PROBLEM: “The back slides/the kart oversteers going into the turns”
Solution: If camber/caster adjusters are fitted on the kart, reduce the caster setting.
PROBLEM: “There is too much steering or front end bite on turn-in”
Solution: If there are camber/caster adjusters in the kart, reduce the caster.
PROBLEM: “There is understeer all the way through the turn”
Solution: If there are camber/caster adjusters in the kart, increase the caster.
Why?
Arrow karts are all supplied with camber/caster adjusting concentric king-pin locating washers as standard.
They come from the factory with the camber/caster set in the neutral position. By increasing caster you
increase front ‘turn-in’ grip, increasing steering response. Running full
caster in the wet is a must. In the dry, when looking for better steering
response and turn-in into corners, increasing caster is okay. But note,
too much caster will make for a very nervous kart on entry to corners
followed by power on understeer from the apex of the corner and out.
On many Arrow kart models there are three possible caster settings while
retaining the kart’s standard camber setting (see images at left):
• Minimum Caster – Both indicator lines facing to the back of the kart;
• Maximum Caster – Both indicator lines facing to the front of the kart;
• Central or Neutral Caster – Top indicator line pointing to the back
with the bottom indicator line pointing to the front of the kart.
Most new Arrow kart models feature caster adjustment on both the
top and bottom, allowing even greater adjustment range. Refer to the
following table for settings:
Neutral
Double
Minimum
Double
Maximum Neutral
Top Bottom Top Bottom Top Bottom Top Bottom
Front
■ ■ ■ ■
Back
■ ■ ■ ■
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Minimum Caster
Neutral Caster
Maximum Caster
Minimum Caster
Neutral Caster
Maximum Caster
Front
Front
Front