Removing a shim makes the radius rod shorter, which
moves the wheel forward, which will make it toe in.
I cannot see how an alignment shop could measure the
error but not know how to fix it! The swing-axle
setup is pretty straightforward.
Besides, couldn't they try (for example) adding a shim
and seeing if the alignment gets better or worse?
Assuming nothing is frozen, rusted out, etc., adding
or removing shims takes just a few minutes. They
should have dealt with it while the car was on the
machine.
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
--- Bob Berger <bberger720@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I just had the alignment checked on my spitfire and
> the shop told me that
> one of my rear wheels is toed in and the other is
> toed out. The wheel that
> is toed out is is specs and the other one will be in
> spec by moving the
> radius arm with 1 shim.
>
> The only problem is that they/I do not know enough
> about the spitfire rear
> end geometry to tell me if I need to add the shim or
> remove the shim.
>
> Can anyone tell me which I need?
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