[Healeys] Toe In

[Michael Oritt]

Roger--

That is the way I set toe on my race cars.  It may not be as precise as
some of the fancy equipment out there but I think it works within the
limitations of our cars.

Best--Michael Oritt

On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 3:09 PM, Roger Grace <roggrace at telus.net> wrote:

> I had been fiddling with my steering rods so had to reset the toe in.
> All a bit fiddly and wonder if the more experienced Listers have a
> different/better technique ... ??
>
> This is what I do:
> car level and front tire pressure balanced.
> installed 2x al 1” square tubing (sq for straightness) about 27/28 in long
> for 165/15 tyres across the bottom of the wheels; about 6 in from the
> floor; tried to use bungy cords but in the end made a small retaining
> bracket that screws behind the spokes; made these 2 bars level; tightened
> just firm enough to stop movement.
> marked the front and rear tire extremity on this bar.
> bar cannot be higher as frame gets in the way of a tape measure for rear
> measurement.
> measured front and rear distances at tire extremity to give about 3/32 toe
> in
> I feel that the limitation of this method is that am trying to measure a
> relatively small distance over about 5 ft and the assumption that the tyre
> side walls are uniform.
> Took at least 5 adjustment and measurements to get close – of course the
> LH thread always fools me .. !!
> Any ideas ?
>
> Wonder how critical this toe in really is ?
>
> rg
> 67 BJ8
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