by McDave » Fri Oct 28, 2016 5:06 pm
Yea, Straight, Plumb, Square, Uniform, those are all concepts. Ya might get lucky, but not mine. Now level, that's an important one. Really the only one you will have any influence over. I know this is old news but, when you are in the building phase, Check the air pressure and get even. Then block the wheels. Then level the frame at all four corners plus the tongue jack. Take a little weight off the springs so you will have seven points of contact (or nine if 2 axle) that all have similar weight on them. Then make some marks to reference jack heights and locations and tire location. If you can leave it there, then Great! But your gonna move it, so get it back in its spot and level up. Otherwise doors and windows and ramps and, well everything will change on ya and you'll spend a lot of time wondering why stuff doesn't line up, and how you cut it wrong etc.
Get a half dozen or so of those stick/screw on levels and place em so you can see them while your screwing the jacks up or down. You'll get good at it PDQ and it will go fast. But if you are level during build, stuff should work anywhere if you are level.
McDave
Also, you want her to be close to straight and level when in flight, with about 15% of loaded weight on tongue
Try to get the Harley centered over the axle so its neutral, then move the tanks and gennny etc to achieve proper balance.
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McDave on Fri Oct 28, 2016 6:14 pm, edited 1 time in total.