Quote: "My brother did a quick front end alignment Friday just before the trip. He plays that rack like a master violinists. I had 1.86 degrees of toe out. Not too bad for only having a tape measure to do the alignment after I put the new manual rack & pinion in. Now I have exactly 0.00 toe. He thinks its worth 4 mpg. Feels like it driving it. Very smooth and stable on rough roads."For the vehicle, what is the spec for toe out, or should that be toe-in?
I do know that I drive torque, while listening to my friends prattle on about horsepower.
That figures, the only hose you didn't change goes out. Did Mr Murphy have your number or what?
Quote from: 92EcoDiesel Jetta on July 02, 2009, 12:11:50 pmQuote: "My brother did a quick front end alignment Friday just before the trip. He plays that rack like a master violinists. I had 1.86 degrees of toe out. Not too bad for only having a tape measure to do the alignment after I put the new manual rack & pinion in. Now I have exactly 0.00 toe. He thinks its worth 4 mpg. Feels like it driving it. Very smooth and stable on rough roads."For the vehicle, what is the spec for toe out, or should that be toe-in? The rack he uses is a new Hunter HawkEye that does 4 wheels with simple reflectors on the wheels. The center of the spec for this car is 0.00 toe, so that's what he did.http://www.hunter.com/pub/product/alignmentsystems/index.htm
On that note what the hell is a Gander anyway
The thing I never really understood about alignments was why all cars don't all have the same or at least close toe settings to keep it tracking straight and not wearing the tires. You would think "What's good for the goose would be good for the gander". On that note what the hell is a Gander anyway
Quote from: Rabbit TD on July 23, 2009, 01:04:51 amThe thing I never really understood about alignments was why all cars don't all have the same or at least close toe settings to keep it tracking straight and not wearing the tires. You would think "What's good for the goose would be good for the gander". On that note what the hell is a Gander anyway My understanding:Depending on the vehicle you usually start with a bit of toe in. Once you're cruising along at highway speeds friction, etc is pushing the wheels back, taking up all the slack in the suspension. This will cause some toe-out, depending on the specific suspension design of the vehicle.So the toe in would be different for different cars, since they're going to have different front end designs and different amounts of expected toe out once they're at speed... You could take that further to suggest that a car with more worn-out components might want a bit more toe-in than normal... Or if you change say rubber parts out with polyurethane you might impact what the "best" toe setting would be for your car...
A couple more sets of head bolts and you'll have already paid for the studs without having them... Sorry for your troubles. I'm sure you'll get it sorted.