Spearos Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 We all know about how easy it is to set your Defender/Disco/RRC/series tracking with a piece of string or the extending aerial type thingy method, however this is because it seems most poeple are happy with the tracking set 'straight ahead' i.e no toe in or toe out. My question is, how easy is it to do a car which requires toe in or toe out, using one of the methods above? I have found this : http://www.crypton.co.za/Tto%20know/Wheel%20Alignment/Wheel%20Alignment%20Simplified.pdf Now, am I correct in thinking that the table on the third page down has done all the hard work and tells me how many MMs off parallel I need to set the wheels in order to achieve the desired degrees/minutes of toe in toe out? For example if SWMBO's car has 13" wheels and needs 0.5 degrees (30 minutes) toe in, according to the table I need to set the wheels around 3mm 'in' (off parallel) at the front of the wheel? Would that be 3mm across the two sides (1.5mm each side) or 3mm either side? Any advice much appreciated, I have lost all faith in tyre centres etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbekko Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 This seems to cover it quite well: http://www.ground-control-store.com/toe-out.htm 0.5 degrees of toe in seems like not enough to bother with though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markyboy Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 We all know about how easy it is to set your Defender/Disco/RRC/series tracking with a piece of string or the extending aerial type thingy method, however this is because it seems most poeple are happy with the tracking set 'straight ahead' i.e no toe in or toe out.My question is, how easy is it to do a car which requires toe in or toe out, using one of the methods above? I have found this : http://www.crypton.co.za/Tto%20know/Wheel%20Alignment/Wheel%20Alignment%20Simplified.pdf Now, am I correct in thinking that the table on the third page down has done all the hard work and tells me how many MMs off parallel I need to set the wheels in order to achieve the desired degrees/minutes of toe in toe out? For example if SWMBO's car has 13" wheels and needs 0.5 degrees (30 minutes) toe in, according to the table I need to set the wheels around 3mm 'in' (off parallel) at the front of the wheel? Would that be 3mm across the two sides (1.5mm each side) or 3mm either side? Any advice much appreciated, I have lost all faith in tyre centres etc Generally, (apart from in racing circles) toe figures are quoted as "total toe". So 3mm would equate to 1.5mm per wheel. Contrary to what elbekko says (no offence intended), 3mm is within the realms of "normal" for most vehicles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearos Posted August 9, 2013 Author Share Posted August 9, 2013 Thanks for the info. Ok moving onto camber... I assume the formula for working out degrees/minutes into mm will be the same for camber, as camber/toe is the 'angle' of the wheel vertically/horizontally respectively? i.e if 0.5 degrees is 3mm of toe on a 13" wheel then 3mm of camber would also equate to 0.5 degrees? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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