There has been a lot of debate about the Ackerman in the steering. Moving the steering from a front steer to a rear steer will likely make it necessary to make a change in the position of the steering arms.

The Ackerman therory states that during a turn, the outside wheel travels on a larger diamiter circle then the inside wheel does. If the Ackerman is incorrect, the tires will be fighting themselves (scuffing the tires) during a turn. A system needs to be built that allows the wheels to follow the correct diamiter circle, reguardless of the direction of the circle. To accomplish correct Ackerman, the outer tie rod and the lower ball joint (or spindle pivot) need to lay on an imagineary line running from the center of the rear axle through both the spindle pivot and the outer tie rod, for each side of the vehical. Obously if the vehical has a front steer (tie rods in front of the spindles) the location of the tie rod end needs to sit outside of the spindle pivot, and if the vehical has a rear steer (tie rods behind the spindles), the tie rod end sits inside the spindle pivot for the Ackerman to be correct. Gene