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07-13-2022, 06:33 AM | #42 |
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Re: toe in tool
Have been reading the post and trying to educate myself on toe in alignment. Thinking about the last car that I had aligned, the device on the wheels were at the center of the spindle. Considering the bar and the plates described, they appear to be below the spindle centerline, that being the case and considering the castor and camber angles associated with the front axle, will the devices actually produce the correct measurement?
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07-13-2022, 09:15 AM | #43 | |
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07-13-2022, 10:55 AM | #44 | |
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The toe plates only touch the wheel so "Any imperfection/bulge in the sidewall of the tire" does not effect the use of the tool. A bent wheel is going to effect the way the car handles no matter what method you use. |
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07-13-2022, 03:03 PM | #45 |
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A lot of Model A wheels have some degree of runout, but are still very useable. Some of the plates in the links above have adjustable contact points to measure at the rim, although the plate pictured in post #38 seems to have no contacts points and is resting against the tire sidewall. The point is that any wheel runout can affect the accuracy of toe plates, even if they only touch the rim. This is not a factor when using a Duby spring gauge.
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07-13-2022, 03:29 PM | #46 | |
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The toe plate can not be used on a Model A as pictured in post #38, it will be resting on the spokes.
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07-13-2022, 03:45 PM | #47 |
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07-13-2022, 04:54 PM | #48 |
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Back to post 1 & 2. Thats the tool I am talking about. Other methods are obviously cheaper but are they as accurate or more accurate?
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07-13-2022, 06:42 PM | #49 |
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Wow, ... did not know they carried it. Heck of a price at $85.99 for me in the desert with 2-day free shipping. I just pulled the trigger on it.
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07-22-2022, 01:27 AM | #50 |
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Thanks Brent. I'm tired of dragging those old Dunlop gauges around.....
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07-22-2022, 08:27 AM | #51 |
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Re: toe in tool
This is the one I made. I use two straight pins pushed in the tread, set the pointer on the toe in fixture, push the car forward so the pins are on the front side of the tire, move the toe in fixture to the front of the tire and see the difference whether to toe in or toe out!
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