Thread: Wheel alignment

Originally Posted by FANTOM P38

Maybe they were thinking about adjusting rear panhard rod??

Panhard rods aren't usually adjustable. You can get adjustable ones, but usually only for big lifts or modified diff housings.

Hoges have you found your neo-classical chalk and tape measure pretty accurate? My front tires are wearing heavily on the inside and outside (vc is all good).

Tyre pressure!

I combatted early inner/outer tyre wear with my km2's by running 36psi up front.

Basically I adjust my rears to have a similar footprint to the front. Also, I put my more-worn tyres on the front to allow the higher pressures.

Cheers
Keithy

Originally Posted by benji

Panhard rods aren't usually adjustable. You can get adjustable ones, but usually only for big lifts or modified diff housings.

Hoges have you found your neo-classical chalk and tape measure pretty accurate? My front tires are wearing heavily on the inside and outside (vc is all good).

I haven't tested the results against a commercial machine... however I made several measurements and averaged 1 deg 40min +/- toe in. The steering wheel was also way off centre due to repalcing the drag link. Having reset the steering wheel and altered the toe in/out to 0 deg +/- 5min as per spec, the tracking has improved considerably and it no longer pulls as heavily to the left as it did previously.

Once you get the hang of it, you can measure the alignment to within 5' (1/12th of a degree) in just a few minutes. It's really quick and far more precise than trying to measure toe in/out in terms of mm ...

cheers

Sounds like that's me after I've recouped from the bar. Thanks.

Originally Posted by benji

My front tires are wearing heavily on the inside and outside (vc is all good).

Hi

Under inflation wear for sure !

Steve

Except for off road stuff I've kept them between 28 and 34; I was thinking the same thing about the pressures.. I'll try running 38 for the next few months and see how it goes, but they're barely legal know. I've got new road tires to go on but want to get this sorted first or in 12 months time I'll be looking for road tires instead of km2s.

Admittedly ive never checked the tie rod ends.
Do the upper and lower swivel balls wear and allow movement at all?

Job done

Whilst not a huge change in geometry, there is less tramlining effect, overall pretty happy with the result . Note the car does have a 2" HRA lift kit installed. At the time of alignment I had the 18" road wheels and tyres, Toyo Proxes ST II 255 55 18.

Gary

Looking good there! It wasn't out by a great deal!