Ride steer adjustment device and method of adjusting ride steer

A vehicle comprising:

• a pair of front wheels including a driver-side front wheel and a passenger-side front wheel;
• a steering assembly operatively connected with both the driver-side front wheel and the passenger-side front wheel and having:
• a steering center link;
• a knuckle steer arm connected with the driver-side front wheel;
• wherein the knuckle steer arm defines a first opening and has an inner surface extending coaxially with the first opening;
• wherein internal threads are defined by the inner surface;
• wherein the knuckle steer arm has a second internally-threaded opening adjacent the first opening;
• a tie rod connected with the steering center link;
• a tie rod ball stud with a ball portion seated in the tie rod;
• a ride steer adjustment device including an annular insert sleeve having a central opening configured so that the tie rod ball stud extends through the central opening and the insert sleeve has an interference fit with the tie rod ball stud;
• wherein the insert sleeve has external threads coaxial with the central opening that are configured to be threaded to the internal threads of the knuckle steer arm, a distance between the knuckle steer arm and the tie rod thereby being adjustable by turning the insert sleeve relative to the knuckle steer arm to move the insert sleeve along the internal threads to adjust the ride steer of the driver-side front wheel without affecting ride steer of the passenger-side front wheel;
• a threaded pin extending through the second internally-threaded opening in the knuckle steer arm;
• wherein the insert sleeve has a body portion coaxial with the central opening and has a flange extending radially outward from the body portion;
• wherein the flange has an outer edge and defines detents at the outer edge;
• wherein the flange is positioned between the knuckle steer arm and the tie rod when the insert sleeve is threaded into the knuckle steer arm;
• and
• wherein the threaded pin is configured to be selectively positionable to engage one of the detents, thereby locking the insert sleeve, and is configured to be selectively retractable to permit the flange to be turned, the distance thereby being adjustable by turning the flange to move the insert sleeve along the internal threads.