Rich J
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| posted on 21/7/15 at 06:50 PM |
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Live axle toe in
After having the geo set up on my Striker a while ago it was found that the Escort based rear axle was showing 1.9mm of toe in at the rims. I'm
about to give it all a refurb and was wondering whether it's worth trying to dial this out with a strategically placed run of weld or
similar?
All opinions gratefully considered 
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phelpsa
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| posted on 21/7/15 at 06:58 PM |
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That sounds pretty good to me! If anything i'd be trying to dial in a little more....
EDIT: Assuming that's measured across the axle?
[Edited on 21-7-15 by phelpsa]
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britishtrident
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| posted on 21/7/15 at 07:24 PM |
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About 0.25 to 0.3 degrees pretty well ideal.
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Dopdog
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| posted on 21/7/15 at 08:14 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by phelpsa
That sounds pretty good to me! If anything i'd be trying to dial in a little more....
EDIT: Assuming that's measured across the axle?
[Edited on 21-7-15 by phelpsa]
then do it the other way to add a bit of camber as well 
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snapper
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| posted on 22/7/15 at 05:38 AM |
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Camber wedges where the hub bolts to the casing
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daviep
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| posted on 22/7/15 at 07:28 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by snapper
Camber wedges where the hub bolts to the casing
I've no experience but I don't think camber wedges will help on a live axle, only the bearing retaining plate will end up squint.
In my mind the centre of the diff must be moved in relation to the centre of the outer bearing, presumably this doesn't do anything good for the
half shaft splines.
Cheers
Davie
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jeffw
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| posted on 22/7/15 at 07:32 PM |
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Would camber even work on a live axle?
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phelpsa
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| posted on 22/7/15 at 08:09 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by jeffw
Would camber even work on a live axle?
Dynamically or mechanically?
Dynamically, depends on the circumstances. In a lot of cases, yes!
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CNHSS1
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| posted on 22/7/15 at 08:54 PM |
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Using a huge press or the weld seam on casing method is pretty common on live axles cirsuit racers. Obviously you cant go mad with the toe/camber but
a little does help and theres enough tolerance in the splines to not cause an issue. Maybe not recommended on a high mileage daily but low mileage
track queen, its fine and as has been said the benefits are worthwhile on track
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IAN51
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| posted on 23/7/15 at 08:07 AM |
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I used one of these on my Atlas axle. Cant imagine it would be ti difficult to fabricate for an English axle
http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Escort-Mk1-Mk2-RIX-Engineering-Atlas-Axle-Toe-In-Correction-Kit-/381051736169
[Edited on 23/7/15 by IAN51]
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