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Re: alignment mystery

To: james creasy <Black94PGT@pacbell.net>
Subject: Re: alignment mystery
From: "John J. Stimson-III" <john@harlie.idsfa.net>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 11:00:07 -0700
On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 09:48:27AM -0700, james creasy wrote:
> now the car pulls to the left.  i would have thought that the car would pull
> to the right because thats the side i extended, however i then realized that
> the steering is, of course, not fixed, so it will pull in some direction when
> there is a lot of toe-out.

Well, it shouldn't pull in either direction just from a toe change,
unless changing the toe also affected some other alignment parameter.
Changing the toe alone would just change the angle of the steering
wheel when you're going straight.

> can someone explain to me 1. what to change to fix this, and/or how does the
> tie-rod end change on either side affect the tracking?

I would just adjust both tie rods the same amount like you were
planning.

This is all from a theoretical perspective.  I haven't actually
adjusted my alignment myself, but I watched Jack and I read a lot.

-- 

john@idsfa.net                                              John Stimson
http://www.idsfa.net/~john/                              HMC Physics '94

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