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drove it around the driveway tonite . shifts fine but has a significant whine ( almost a grind) in 1st gear , that wasnt there before. All other gears seem fine . Still shifts into 1st fine and at very low speeds is quiet but starts making noise as you accelerate.

I plan to drain and put new fluids in just to see how the old stuff looks.

Ok , got the nose cone off . Originally all 3 shift forks were in neutral and the lower moved freely ,after playing with them for minute , The upper and lower shift forks moved fairly easily , the middle fork was stuck in neutral and did not want to move at all . After moving , the other 2 forks bac...

Already disconnected the linkage at the event . Couldnt find anything other than neutral or reverse . I'll pull the nose cone this afternoon.

Finally got the Solo Vee out for its 2nd outing . Left the line in 2nd , went to shift to 3rd and nothing. Messed with it in paddock for over an hour . We could get reverse and neutral but nothing else . Couldnt even find a slot where it felt like it might fall into gear . Not with it running , not ...

So our wheels are a standard wide 5 ? Hmmm , used to run those on some late model dirt cars .

What is the widest wheels anyone is running and where can you get replacements ? I found plenty of links to the roadrace wheels but nothing for solo.

It was the king pin not the link pin that was extremely tight . I was typing and thinking at the same time and that doesnt work too well sometimes

Found a couple places where the wrong washers were being used on heim joints causing a little binding there but the main cause seems to be the left side link pin. It seems much tighter now than when first assembled . I guess its time to dissasemble that side.

The top adjustment was so tight we loosened it more than a half turn before you got any free play , and I mean even then you move everything with the slightest turn of the steering wheel . I'll get it on jack stands and checke everything out tonite. Loosening the top adjustment made the steering abo...

Nope , it doesnt return to center . New King pins , they were a little stiff before greasing but ok after that so the only thing I see left is the box which I'm sure is the original box and not sure whats been done to it

We have just got our SoloVee running after a 2 year restoration project . After replacing nearly everything associated with steering except the steering box , it so tough to turn the car that my wife gave up after 3 runs and my shoulders are sore from hustling the car thru 8 runs. I'm sure there was...

Where is the best place to look for a replacement header ? ours finaly rusted thru.