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Originally Posted by Blueblaze
Which Yamaha's don't allow alignment adjustments? I just adjusted my 2021 Drive 2 DR2 PTV Quietech this afternoon. The adjustment is on the tie rods, as expected. You just loosen the lock nut and screw them in or out. For a low speed vehicle, I can't imagine that it has to be very precise. I just stretched a string from the rear tire, and measured the distance from the string on the rear and front of the front tire. My right front wheel was pretty far off, and probably has been since I bought it and just hadn't noticed until today. It made me wonder if they set it up that way to sell tires. But fixing it only took about 10 minutes.
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Alignment has two components, toe and camber. The alignment you described is adjusting the toe. Camber on QT’s can’t be adjusted as set up from the factory. There are aftermarket front shocks that are available that are designed to allow camber adjustment. Adjusting camber changes the toe settling, so camber needs to be done first, then toe. QT’s come from the factory with noticeable negative camber, which give the cart both better handling and a little more stability, but wears the tires faster when being primarily driven on pavement. The negative camber is best for fleet golf carts primarily driven on turf, but not for Personal Transportation Vehicles primarily driven on pavement. Unfortunately, Yamaha doesn’t differentiate, all carts have the same front end setup.
After much research and consideration, I decided not to add the aftermarket shocks and live with the negative camber and rotating the tires. After considering the cost and effort of replacing the factory shocks, I figured it would be better to use the money/time on replacing tires more frequently. Also, as the aftermarket shocks wear in, it would have been necessary to periodically readjust the camber and toe, something I didn’t want to deal with. Hope that helps clarify things.