Phil,
Makes sense to me. I'll give it a try once I get everything put back
together.
Kurtis J.
Russellville, Arkansas
1963 TR4
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
To: "Kurtis" <kurtisj@cox-internet.com>; <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2001 7:42 PM
Subject: Re: Tie Rod End Piece - TR4
> >As far as "ball-parking" the toe-in... I had made measurements prior to
> >disconnecting the tie rods (I did that earlier as I am also replacing the
> >rubber boots on the inner tie rod ball joints), but I doubt my car was
set
> up
> >properly to begin with. I don't suppose there is an easy "home-brew" way
> to
> >check the toe-in setting is there?
>
> Stick pins in the tire tread. No, I'm serious! Works for me.
>
> Get a partner, a couple of pins and a tape-measure.
>
> Put the car on a flat floor and roll it back and forth until the
suspension
> settles. Leave some space open in front of the car.
>
> Find out high off the floor you can get the tape behind the front wheels
> without bending the tape on the bottom of the body. Each of you stick a
pin
> in the tire tread at that level. Measure the distance from the floor to
the
> pins, make sure they are the same, and write down the height. Measure the
> distance between the pins. This is best done by the guy with the zero-end
> of the tape using one or ten inches instead of the end of the tape. Write
> down the distance. Now write down the horizontal distance from the pin to
> the axle center.
>
> Carefully move the car forward until the pins move over the top of the
tires
> and stop when they are the same height form the floor as they were in the
> first position. Measure the distance between the pins.
>
> You probably don't need for me to explain the trig to convert these
numbers
> to degrees-per-side of toe.
>
> Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
> 1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 Triumph TR4
CT2846L
> LOON, MAC pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/
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