| : Just completed my 30 Coupe, and I'm ready to take the "test drive".Does anyone out there know of a good way to adjust the toe-in of the front tires?I am assuming my axle and other components are to factory specifications. (Yeah, I know, that's like "Military Intelligence").Thanks.. Larry,
I made a "southern engineered" gage made from a broom handle, four pieces of 2X4 and a thin piece metal such as a shingle flashing cut in half.Fasten the handle to two pieces of the 2x4 laid flat, set about the same width as the front wheels and set the other two pieces upright and nail half of the flashing to each of the uprights, bend slightly so they will touch the tire.Mark one flashing with a permanent marker and use a china marker on the other.This "gizmo" should hit the tire about 6 inches or so from the ground.On a flat surface, measure from the center of the tire or to the next nearest outside tread groove over to the same on the other tire.Then move your gage to the rear of the front tire and measure the SAME grooves on the back of the tire.There should be the 1/8 + or - 1/16 difference (closer at the front measurement).Loosen your tie rod and screw in or out to change if needed.After you make the change, roll the car back and forth a couple of times and check the toe-in again making an adjustment as needed.It will take a couple of times to get it so the toe-in doesn't change.
This probably sounds rinky-dink but it works and is cheap to make.(It also isn't an original idea but I can't put my hands on the original article or book that had the "plans".)You can also use a tape measure and piece of chalk and roll the car back and forth and measure the distance between the tires, but sometimes you get the same height and sometimes not.With the "gizmo" you always get the same height off the ground.It also makes it easier to measure at the rear of the tires because you don't have to bother with the radius rods and oil pan being in the way.
If this still doesn't make sense, send me an e-mail and I'll try to explain it person to person.
John
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