19 replies to this topic

[Ethel]

Driven wheels toe out to allow for slack that will be taken up by the wheels driving themselves forwards. The factory specification is for slight positive camber .

[ad53ggz]

em doing tracking yourselfs do you have the tacking tools or how do you do it!

[rpowell86]

Quick Q:

According to the haynes manual the front wheels are supposed to be toe in & positive camber.

Is haynes wrong here?

It says that ??? can you tell me where and which version page number etc... as that needs to fixed

Lol, my bad. It does say toe out but it doesnt say how to set it up or the angles though

[lrostoke]

I've just brought a Gunsons Trakrite, read a fair few good reviews, found them cheapish on ebay so thought I'd take the plunge.
Pretty easy to use, you just drive over it and it tells you what the tracking is doing.

Was then just a matter of adjusting the tracking joints till the reading was to the instructions.

I did have my tracking set last year, but I'd noticed recently that they had actually adjusted the trackrods by different amounts.Also the garages gear required blocks of wood putting on my 165/70/10's ??? to make the tracking brackets fit, so wasn't convinced it was that good . Haynes specifies you have the same amount of thread showing each side.
So I adjusted the tracking with the Trakrite, then wound one trackrod end in, and the other out till I got equal threads showing, then double checked Trakrite reading, and all was OK
Did mean my steering wheel was a bit off, but just removed and refitted.

It's only been set a week now, but steering and handling feel good, and no sign of scrubbing but still early days.

[Boycie]

I only do mine myself because with have some old optical tracking 'bars' at work.

Not half as good as top-dollar lazer stuff at tyre places but it's FREE!!