how much cant is too much ?

[the woodbutcher]

With the fit between the axle and wheel being fairly loose, it seems I am bending the axles (by hand) a lot to get them to ride on the edge. When I first installed them you couldn't tell anything had been done. Also, I think I was too obvious raising that wheel

[teamfreeroller]

on a 32 or 35' track 2.5 or 3 degrees up on rears 1.5 or 2.5 down on fdw. set car on counter top look under wheels see if out side edge of wheels is up off of counter top barly .then look at DFW you wont inside edge up off of counter top. use that for steer. becarful not to damage axles .

[the woodbutcher]

I had really cranked the rears to get the visual results I was looking for. This was the first canted wheel install I had done. This picture shows it a little better.



The front, however didn't have the same appearance. Also, it seemed kind of wobbly (the front wheel). On the test board it rolled just like I wanted, so it's off to the races!
The car wobbled badly and it seems I didn't steer into the rail hard enough. Also, I used those zinc rods and plates (because this thing was last minute) and I had quite a bit of weight behind the rear axle to achieve the COM I was aiming for.

But back to the 'too much' question. There seems to be a lot of slop in the fit of the wheel/axle. The amount of bend seems to be relative to this. Am I getting somewhere, or just spinning my wheels?

[Derby Monkey]

There are differing opinions on how much rear cant is enough or too much. For me, there is no need to go more that 3 degrees. I usually use the Derby Worx axle press and rail rider tool and put 2.5 degrees cant in my rear axles. Its a fast and easy process and I know the degree I'm getting.

The only things you're trying to do is 1) allow the rear wheels to migrate away from the car body and 2) get the rear wheels to roll on the edge instead of the flat tread. 2.5 to 3 degrees is really all that’s required to achieve both of those.

The only thing I remember from my Economics class in my first year of college is the Law of Diminishing Return. The professor used the analogy of how much money can the fast food Chicken Shack afford to spend on quality control to reduce the number of fried rats per 1,000,000 pieces of fried chicken. $500,000 per year in QC may be acceptable if you only end up with 100 fried rats per 1,000,000 pieces of fried chicken. How much more can you afford to spend on QC to get the number of fried rats to 50 per 1,000,000 pieces of chicken? Eventually you will reach a point to where you cannot pay more for QC because you will eat up (no pun intended) your profit margin and your return is reduced. The point is... the more you increase QC you will eventually reach a point of diminishing return.

Now what the heck does that have to do with too much rear axle cant? ...I don’t remember.

[slkrnsntracing]

So much for that crispy ranch snack wrap I just finished!!!

I agree, I think as long as you get it to roll on the inside edge and migrate to the axle head you have accomplished what you want.

Phil