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DIY Wheel Alignment: How is Toe-In measured ? 200 1985

posted by  ndesouza on  Fri May 13 11:15 CST 2005
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Thanks for the response Bob.

I'm having trouble figuring out why the pins need to be dead-center of the tread to get an accurate measurement:

Since I'm leaving the pins in while rolling backward, and then measuring the difference in the 2 measurements - shouldn't it make no difference where the pins are ? If one pin is 10 mm away from the center, that pin would be 10 mm 'off' in both measurements, so the difference would still be the same. Or am I missing something...

My big problem is figuring out what the 'correct' difference should be, as I'm not sure of how the Volvo-Spec measurements are made. Any ideas ? (see specs below)

Volvo Specs: Toe-in...
- measured on the wheel rim: 5/64" +/- 1/64" (2 mm +/- 0.5 mm)
- tire sides: 3/32" +/- 1/32" (2.5 mm +/- 1 mm)

Thanks again !

Noel






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