| Re: Planning next project |
Subject: Re: Planning next project by BillH on 2016/12/31 15:44:44 If you want to set the toe REALLY easy, just make a set of toe plates. Again, it will get you to the alignment shop. 2 steel or aluminum pieces of sheetmetal (even smooth plywood in a pinch). Set up against the tires, on the ground. Only need to be about 8 inches high. Slots cut in both ends about to 1 1/2 in. off the ground. Slots need to be the same height front to rear and the same on both plates and just wide enough to slip a measuring tape thru them. See the pic, you don't even need the angled part that sits on the floor if you clamp them to the tires of have a helper hold them up against the tire. Try and keep them off any raised letters on the tire if possible. Measure the front and rear. The front measurement should be shorter than the rear at least 1/8th inch (1/16th toe in per side). Or whatever your shop manual suggests. If your new rods were the same length, this will get you to the shop. Full bodied race cars use these all the time at the track when they get the front wheels bumped and have to quickly reset the toe. |
