Try this for a change. Take four jackstands and put them around the car. Run
a string (tied to the jackstands)from the front tire to the rear tire. Make
sure the front wheels are straight. Let the string touch the front of the
front tire and run it to the back tire. Use a tape to measure the disatance
from the front of the rear tire to the rear of the rear tire from the
string. This should get you close until you take it to a good alignment shop
to get an acurate reading.
Kevin Andrews
6-Pack Chapter Coordinator
Andrews Alignment Siler City , NC
----- Original Message -----
From: "The Romagni's" <mrdr@buckeyeweb.com>
To: <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 9:59 PM
Subject: Re: Rear Suspension
> Hi everyone,
>
> Here is an update on my suspension. First, thanks to Dick, Richard, Steve
and
> Mark for all the helpful information. I went out tonight and measured the
> camber and toe. Drivers side camber is 1.3 degrees and the pass side is
(.67)
> degrees. I measured toe by dropping a plumb line from the center line of
the
> front and rear of each back tire. I made a mark on the garage floor at
each
> point. I backed the car out and measured the distance between the two
front
> marks and the two rear marks. The distance between the front marks is 49
3/8
> in. and the distance between the rear marks is 49 7/8 in. Is this the same
1/2
> in. that the drivers side is sticking out? There are shims behind the
inside
> trailing arm bracket on the drivers side. If I remove those do you think
it
> will "fix" the toe and thus bring the driver side wheel back in to the
center
> of the car?
>
> Thanks again!!
>
> Marty Romagni
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: The Romagni's
> To: 6pack@autox.team.net
> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 8:21 PM
> Subject: Rear Suspension
>
>
> Hi fellow listers,
>
> I've just completed rebuilding the rear suspension of my TR6. I pulled,
> rebuilt and re-installed the differential along with new rubber diff
bushings.
> I also put in the uprated springs, rubber spring packing, hard rubber
trailing
> arm bushings, new bump stops and link mounting rubbers from TRF (shocks
and
> u-joints - ok < 6K miles). After I was lowered it to the ground, I noticed
a
> couple of things: 1) the drivers side tire sticks out farther than the
> passengers in relation to the body and 2) the gap between the top of the
tire
> and the bottom of the fender "seems bigger" although I have no starting
> measurements to back that up.
>
> My questions are about the first problem. To confirm what my eyes were
> telling me, I measured the distance between the diff flange and the brake
> backing plate and found the drivers side does stick out farther than the
> passengers side by about 9/16 in. I double-checked that everything is
tight
> also! What could cause such a noticeable difference? Should I worry about
> this? How can I correct it?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Marty Romagni
>
> 1974 TR6
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