Hot Rods Setting caster ?

so I've read up on caster angles and most agree that 7 degrees is about right. After much heating / beating /bending, I've got my crossmember about right but my axle doesn't line up with the transmission at all? I could use some suggestions here. Thanks

 

April 1st, right?

 

Are you talking about the rear axle?? Oh wait RMR&C is right.

 

Looks like an Ackerman issue to me

 

The pinion angle might be off just a shade !

 

You need to bend the transmission mount now to match.

 

I feel the rear will track perfectly but the steering maybe a little hard. I suggest an 18" steering wheel.

 

Adding an 18" steering wheel will require the lowering of the seat to gain clearance which will then require lowering of the floor which will result in the need to re-bend the transmission mount...Catch 22

 

Looks good to me !

 

looks about right

 

Ya know, there's at least one on every web site today! By the way, is that YOUR kid jumping up and down on your hood?
KK

 

It'll work...just heat up the torque tube and bend it...you may need a big piece of pipe on it...but it'll go!

 

You made negative caster, should have been positive. Bend it the other way, it'll be fine.

 

No need to bend the torque tube, just heat and bend the spring.

 

I agree , you went the wrong way.

 

That looks like it had the rear end chained to a post alignment/caster adjustment process done to it...

 

caster didn't he die and his brother take over ???????

 

No... you must be thinking of that famous Fidel player.

 

Flip the body around 180...it will work then.

 

I wanna know the story of how it got like that

 

Thanks for the valuable input guys! I think SheepDips's solution is probably the most do-able, HaHa.
And yes, I would like to know the story on how it got twisted. It would take a Ton of force to roll it like that. Luckily the rest is absolutely arrow-straight, so it's going under my little roadster.