Ok, One more stupid question. The alignment shop has a range or .14deg to .28deg for the front toe-in and a range of -.07deg to -.21deg for toe-out for the rear. Haynes has these as 1/16 to 1/8 inch toe-in at the front and 1/32 to 3/32 toe-out at the rear. Do the degree numbers relate to/match the inches? How do I convert Degrees of toe-in/out to Inches? The shop can change their machine to read tenths of inches. I could tell them I want the front to be .0625" to .125" and the rear to be -.03125" to -.09375" toe-out.
All help appreciated. Thanks Bob Berger 78 Spitfire - trying not to destroy new tires > From: Bob Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:57:50 -0500 > To: Doug Braun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bob Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > <[email protected]> > Conversation: [Spits] [Spit] Rear Toe - Spitfire > Subject: Re: [Spits] [Spit] Rear Toe - Spitfire > > The alignment shop did not want to install the shim because my car has a > rust hole in the lower outside corner of the vertical panel behind the seats > that the radius rod is connected to. They felt this was too rusty for them > to risk adding a shim. I should have just asked them for the tools and done > this myself while I was there but they did say that they would check it and > readjust the front toe when I brought it back. I'll make sure that they > bounce or roll the car before they check it this time. > > Bob Berger > 78 Spitfire > > >> From: Doug Braun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:10:19 -0700 (PDT) >> To: Bob Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Spits] [Spit] Rear Toe - Spitfire >> >> 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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? _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires
