[Spits] [Spit] Rear Toe - Spitfire

[Doug Braun]

Removing a shim makes the radius rod shorter, which
moves the wheel forward, which will make it toe in.

I cannot see how an alignment shop could measure the
error but not know how to fix it!  The swing-axle
setup is pretty straightforward.

Besides, couldn't they try (for example) adding a shim
and seeing if the alignment gets better or worse?
Assuming nothing is frozen, rusted out, etc., adding
or removing shims takes just a few minutes.  They
should have dealt with it while the car was on the
machine.

Doug Braun
'72 Spit


--- Bob Berger <bberger720 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I just had the alignment checked on my spitfire and
> the shop told me that
> one of my rear wheels is toed in and the other is
> toed out.  The wheel that
> is toed out is is specs and the other one will be in
> spec by moving the
> radius arm with 1 shim.
> 
> The only problem is that they/I do not know enough
> about the spitfire rear
> end geometry to tell me if I need to add the shim or
> remove the shim.
> 
> Can anyone tell me which I need?