Moorron
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 posted on 7/1/08 at 01:37 PM |
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toe setting for rear suspension.
not locost related but you lot here know your stuff.
Im fititng an engine in the back of my renault turbo, i have used the front subframe of the same car in the back. So its mcpherson struts and a lower
wishbone.
This leaves me with the problem of the wheels turning as there is now steering rack at the rear. A friend told me i should aim to abtain 1-2 degrees
of toe in when the suspension compresses.
Is this true?
Comments please.
Sorry about my spelling, im an engineer and only work in numbers.
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dan__wright
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| posted on 7/1/08 at 01:41 PM |
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we just my mates zcars mini last night, we put 0.5 - 1 toe out on it as the wheels will toe in when you put the power down.
FREE THE ROADSTER ONE…!!
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worX
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| posted on 7/1/08 at 01:59 PM |
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^^^ Exactly!
Steve
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Aico
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| posted on 7/1/08 at 03:33 PM |
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No troubles/unstability with braking with toe-out?
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Bob C
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| posted on 7/1/08 at 03:42 PM |
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Follow the line from the middle of the damper through the pivots on the upright to the floor & determine your 'scrub radius'. If this
is near the middle of the tyre you should need very little 'toe'. If it's inboard then a little toe in would be indicated, depending
on the compliance of the joints.
Too much toe will wear out your tyres & knacker the wheel bearings.
Bob
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Ians
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| posted on 7/1/08 at 07:28 PM |
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Any toe out on the rear is not a good thing...IanS
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britishtrident
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| posted on 7/1/08 at 07:55 PM |
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Yes --- Quite a lot of toe-in otherwise you will visit the ditch a lot.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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