smart51
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| posted on 23/12/14 at 03:57 PM |
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Toe, how low can you go?
I've been playing round with the front toe setting on my trike and I've found a bit of toe out is more stable than toe in or paralell
front wheels. I've tried having the rear of the wheels 4mm closer together than the front, then 6mm. I'm thinking of trying more but
don't know how far is safe to go. How much toe in is "normal"?
[Edited on 23-12-2014 by smart51]
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Sam_68
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| posted on 23/12/14 at 05:30 PM |
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How quickly do you want the shoulders of your tyres to wear?
More than about 1/8" ( about 3mm.) will start having a noticeable effect on tyre wear, for road use, and shouldn't really be necessary if
everything else is working properly.
If you need more than 1/4" (about 6.5mm) you've got a very serious problem somewhere.
Edited to add: What you're describing, incidentally (wheels closer together at the front than at the rear) is toe IN, not toe OUT.
[Edited on 23/12/14 by Sam_68]
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minitici
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| posted on 23/12/14 at 05:36 PM |
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If the front of the wheels are closer together than the rear of the wheels, then you have toe-in not toe-out.
6mm total toe is a fair amount -
3 to 4mm total toe should be OK in most circumstances.
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smart51
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| posted on 23/12/14 at 06:07 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by minitici
If the front of the wheels are closer together than the rear of the wheels, then you have toe-in not toe-out.
6mm total toe is a fair amount -
3 to 4mm total toe should be OK in most circumstances.
Well spotted. I've corrected the original post.
If 3 or 4mm is normal, I won't add any more. As for tyre wear, the trike weighs less than 1/4 tonne. The tyres will turn to stone before they
wear out.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 23/12/14 at 06:27 PM |
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I could be wrong but I thought the whole point of toe in is that when the vehicle is in motion the drag on the suspension then pulls the wheels back
into correct straight ahead alignment and is more for accommodating the compliance in the bushes etc?
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smart51
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| posted on 23/12/14 at 07:06 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
I could be wrong but I thought the whole point of toe in is that when the vehicle is in motion the drag on the suspension then pulls the wheels back
into correct straight ahead alignment and is more for accommodating the compliance in the bushes etc?
I'm sure that's a big reason. Others I've googled include changing how quickly your car turns in and adjusting under steer /
oversteer in different parts of a turn.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 24/12/14 at 07:19 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by smart51
quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
I could be wrong but I thought the whole point of toe in is that when the vehicle is in motion the drag on the suspension then pulls the wheels back
into correct straight ahead alignment and is more for accommodating the compliance in the bushes etc?
I'm sure that's a big reason. Others I've googled include changing how quickly your car turns in and adjusting under steer /
oversteer in different parts of a turn.
yeah your right there as well, this is how I use to set it on my JBA falcon, basically I'd go to a local large carpark in the rain and do big
power slides then adjust the toe in till the car drifted totally neutral so I knew it wasn't going to bite me if it skidded round a corner,
however it wasn't a remotely scientific method though the tyre wear was good. That car was cortina based and had notoriously huge amounts of
bush compliance.
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