toe in with my 69?
 

Ok, I do not have an issue with toe....1/8 in, with the wheels straight. I can center the steering box, no issue. My understanding, is that the box needs to be centered, with the wheels straight? In an old country boy shop, how do you make sure that the wheels are straight? Is it a mater of measuring the tie rods, left vs right, for the figure.....or a better way? longhorn:chevy:

Re: toe in with my 69?
 

what i did on mine was rotate the steering box from lock to lock...(i think it was 3-1/2 turns)...then divided that by 2 ( 1-3/4 turns),rotated it back that much from full lock..then adjusted the drag link until the tires were pointing straight

Re: toe in with my 69?
 

x2. That pretty much covers it.

Re: toe in with my 69?
 

Here's a quick article on it: http://www.powersteering.com/blog/20...x-is-on-center

Re: toe in with my 69?
 

Thanks guys, I think its pretty straight forward on the center up.....& a pic was worth 1000 words 68 ;) From that point, I will assume that it is just a matter of keeping the LH &RH tie rod assys to the same lenght , while setting the toe? longhorn:chevy:

Re: toe in with my 69?
 

Each side should be similar in length.

Re: toe in with my 69?
 

I did the same thing.
Just had mine aligned and they used the arc/degree BS their all doing now.
Anyway I went home and checked it had 1/16" toe in. Did a slight tweek and now have 1/8".
Drives better on these terrible roads around here (farm to market) but on good roads it's great for what it is.

Re: toe in with my 69?
 

Thanks again to ALL....yes I do agree to the 1/8 inch toe in . At speed, & I should not say (about 2 1/2 times the legal limit of 55);) The toe will let em run straight @ speed. One more ? The old truck has a 84 Burb box (variable ratio), & is fitted with a 5.3 LS/& steering pump. Do you guys think that the pump, that was set up for that rack& pinion, is to touchy for the old steer box? Longhorn:chevy:

Re: toe in with my 69?
 

It appears to be subjective. Some are more 'in-tune' w/their set-up & thus are more sensitive to the feel of things. Others don't notice much (if any) difference.