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tracking degree setting

Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:16 pm
by theat
hi, my front tyres are wearing badly on the outside edges. so i took it into central tyres to get the tacking checked, but as its an import, it wasn't on their settings chart. does anyone know what it is? thanks, rob.

Re: tracking degree setting

Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:55 pm
by missfixit70
The fact sheet (& handbook I think) says toe in of "average -1.7mm", the opinion seems to be that this is a slight misinterpretation from the original Japanese, this is a degree of accuracy not possible or expected from wheel alignment. Common sense says this should in fact read an "average of -1 to 7mm".
Mine were set to parallel (which is within this range) when I first got it, I did just over 10 months on those tyres which have worn completely even as far as can tell, & it handled fine, I vaguely remember a few people since then recommending it be set as parallel (I was going to get mine changed to the -1.7 in the handbook #-o ).

Re: tracking degree setting

Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:59 pm
by brorabongo
Hi theat, and welcome to the forum. :D

Don't know if this helps?

Figures from a manual...........

Front wheel alignment:-

Inner side 39deg +-2deg
Outer side 35deg +-2deg
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Caster and Camber:-

Camber angle 0deg05' +-1deg
Caster angle 4deg30' +-1deg
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Total toe-in

1~7mm
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It's all dutch to me :?

Beat me to it Missfixit. :lol:

Re: tracking degree setting

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:27 pm
by theat
cool, many thanks to both replys. will print it off & take it with me to the tyre man. :lol: