King: If you are determining that your front tires are toeing out an the
basis of a visual check you could be wrong. It could be an optical
illusion. I thought mine were toed out but when checked by machine, they
were perfect. The curve of the front fenders can cause this deception.
(The Other) Len
Vacaville, CA
1967 3000 MKIII HBJ8L39031
> [Original Message]
> From: Alan Seigrist Blue 100 <healey.nut@gmail.com>
> To: <KingR44916@aol.com>
> Cc: <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Date: 12/14/2006 5:59:18 PM
> Subject: Re: front tires
>
> King -
>
> Sounds to me like your tires are "toed out" which is a very bad thing in a
> healey and will result in a great deal of tire wear and possibly poor gas
> mileage on the freeway, and possibly a very unstable ride.
>
> The front tires should be toed in slightly, depending on the wear in your
> steering linkages will determine the total toe in. Frankly the best way
to
> evaluate this is at a shop. Steering alinement on a Healey should be
pretty
> cheap, you can only adjust toe-in. Camber is fixed.
>
> Alan
>
>
> On 12/15/06, KingR44916@aol.com <KingR44916@aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > can anyone tell me why when one wheel is pointing straight ahead the
other
> > is going out and vise a versa their never in line with the back tires
is
> > there a way to check without bringing it to a shop. ty
|