[double-rr]

Jim -- I agree. No the body is not on. I did make an attempt to set the ride heigth of the frame to be level. I wanted to get it somewhat aligned for the day when the first go-cart ride comes. Actually, I did put my 220 lbs on the very front and then the back to see what changes occurred to the camber and the caster. The front camber changed about 0.1* and the caster didn't change. The rear camber didn't change. Not bad. Once the body and other unsprung weight is on, I'll go thru the procedure again. What a PITA even with the body off. Major PITA when you have to do most from the bottom to get the heim joint bolts and spacers off.

JWD -- Also, I agree with putting a couple of hundred miles on it before setting the final alignment. This alignment should be close enough to get it on the road for the first time.

One thing I didn't do was check the 90* alignment of the front and rear axles to the frame for tracking. For example on the rear axle, there is a small amount of ajustment as you can adjust both heim joints either in or out when setting the toe in. I chose to move the rear heim out to increase toe in which moves the axle out a bit. You can move the front heim in to get the same effect which moves the axel in a bit. Or move one in and the other out. Once toe in was set then you do it again for camber only this time both hieims move the same amount. I haven't calculated what the amount of ajustment this makes to the center position of the axle when projected straight down but my suspition is it's pretty small (maybe 1/8" diameter).

-- Russ