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Re: [GMCnet] Why not fix one ton scrub radius with wheel offset? [message #361936 is a reply to message #361935] Fri, 22 January 2021 19:18 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
James Hupy is currently offline  James Hupy   United States
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The GMC Motorhome is NOT a performance vehicle. It wallows in tight curves,
barely stays straight on good roads. It is at least 40 years old, and
designed around parts plucked from production lines of various automobiles
of the era. Nothing state of the art about the suspension and drive train.
It does a fair job of point to point transportation of a heavy vehicle
that has a great deal of its weight centered above the tops of the tires.
A race car, it definitely is NOT! If you do not expect sports car
handling, and maintain the drive train/suspension parts well, it is safe
enough to drive in traffic if you don't follow too closely and drive "eyes
way down the road ahead", you won't get in too much trouble.
There are upgrades that improve braking quite a bit, and that is one
huge reason for the 1-ton conversion. That and much stronger lower control
arms and front wheel bearings as well as upper and lower ball joints.
Handling? Very subjective at best. It still is a top heavy front wheel
drive vehicle. Not much will ever change those facts.
Do I love them? Yep! But, don't put lipstick on them. Underneath, they
are still a very good looking pig.(grin)
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon

On Fri, Jan 22, 2021, 4:55 PM Joe Weir via Gmclist
wrote:

> Yes, My bad. The point was that while not completely fixing the issue,
> it certainly moves it closer to correct.
>
> Zandr Milewski wrote on Fri, 22 January 2021 16:15
>> On 1/22/21 06:55, John R. Lebetski via Gmclist wrote:
>>> Also moving tire inboard may be able to fix the steering axis or some
> of the error, but not sure that totally fixes scrub radius.
>>
>> Scrub radius is literally defined as the distance between the center of
>> the contact patch and the point where the steering axis touches the
> ground.
>>
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