John,
A couple of years ago I bought my Dunlop SP20's at a local tire store
and had them check the alignment at the time. They had no problem at
all. I'm not sure of where Bob Howard is getting the 1/8" or 1/16"
toe-in spec. The spec in the Workshop Manual says 'nil' for toe-in and
camber with a castor angle of 2 1 1/20. I think that if you take a copy
of the Workshop Manual with you they should be willing and able to take
care of you.
Bud Krueger
52TD
(Reposted after remembering to delete the bottom stuff)
Gunnell, John wrote:
>Hello Mates
>
> Need advice on alignment specs for my '52 MG TD.
>
> I practically wore out a pair of P165R15 radial tires last year. These were
>both mounted on the front. They both show abnormal wear on the inside half,
>especially the right side tire. The rears wore normally and the unused spare
>has hardly any wear (that's a joke guys).
>
> Some of the wear nay be related to the fact that I bought the Reliant brand
>tires on eBay and they were NOS (probably sitting in a warehouse for decades).
>But as I say, the rears seem OK.
>
> I have found a local Tires Plus store that will be putting on a set of new
>Coopers tomorrow. When I asked them about doing an alignment, they were a bit
>hesitant . . . "it's not on the computer" and "I'm not sure there's enough
>ground clearance for the machine" . . . that sort of thing. I told them I
>would bring the shop manual with the specs but they were still hesitant.
>
> They say they "might" try lining it up, but as you can tell, I really need
>them to do it. So what can I tell them to make them realize the job is easy?
>Does anyone have information beyond what's in the shop manual that would make
>these guys feel more confident about aligning the TD front end?
>
> The tires go on just after noon tomorrow, so if you can help, get in touch
>soon.
>
>John Gunnell
>Old Cars Weekly
>Iola, Wisconsin
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