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10-18-2013, 01:25 AM
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Toe in.
I have been reading a few threads about setting the toe in on a straight axle, pretty straight forward and i have the spec in my manual. I also know that the toe in ideally will move to 0 while at speed.
With what i read nobody mentions if the wheels should be in the air, or on the ground, should you drive forward and stop, then check it with a little road surface tension?
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10-18-2013, 08:01 AM
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Re: Toe in.
Good questions. I've always done toe-in with truck on all fours. There is basically no camber adjustment,so things that go for independent suspension don't apply here. IIRC,I set toe to 1/8" in. Maybe that's so that with road tension it will be about 0.
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10-18-2013, 05:58 PM
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Re: Toe in.
Thank you special K
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10-19-2013, 11:30 AM
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Re: Toe in.
There should be some consideration to tire diameter too. Tires that are much larger than original need a bit more toe. An 8th of an inch is fine in the 28"-32" range, but when you get to 35"and over 3/16" or even up to 1/4" for larger than that.
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10-19-2013, 11:48 AM
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Re: Toe in.
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10-21-2013, 01:18 AM
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Re: Toe in.
Longhair is right again. I had 35's on my burb and it drove best with a 1/4" of tow-in. 1/8" still road walked quite a bit.
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