[SEL] Old vehicle questions. OT

bill at antique-engines.com bill at antique-engines.com
Fri Nov 14 08:22:01 PST 2008


Make sure you measure from a point perfectly level with the spindle, not
above or below it as there will be some camber angle. If you are above
level with the spindle or below level with the spindle, this angle will
throw off your measurements.  I take a level to my tires, with the level
intersecting the spindle center, and mark ahead and back with the level,
well, perfectly level!

Inside or outside should not matter as long as you do the same for both
front and back. It's typically easier to set your measuring device up
against the inner sidewall, however, than try to span tread.

I've also done it to the FACE of the tire, too. Measure from the very
center of the fronts of the tire, then the very center of the backs of the
tire, but that's difficult with low-riding vehicles, the body gets in the
way.

Roughly 1/8" toe in as the tires tend to pull outward at speed so they
would sit about 0 toe on the road and 1/8" at rest.
Front wheel drive is the opposite, you typically want toe-out on them as
the driving force makes them want to pull inward.

> 1) When setting toe in, where is the dimension taken from?
> =        =        =        =        =        =        =        =
> Hi Curt,
> On my '72 Ford F-250 4x4,  I've always measured toe-in from the inside of
> the tires at the highest point of the sidewall.
>
> I don't know where I got the specs of 1/8" because it's been a long time
> since I looked that kind of stuff up.
>
> If you set your toe in at that, and notice uneven wear or hard steering.
> Then - - - Experiment.
>
> If your tie-rod ends are anything like mine it's nothing to adjust a turn
> in or out.
>
> I can't help on the dust caps.
>
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