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That service info is from 1985 and is very out of date.
The computerized modern sytems can be setup to work in degrees.
I use the harbor freight toe-in gauge on my Saab and set it to very little toe-in, so that the tires are not fighting each other for traction on ice. It is quite fussy to use, especially as the Saab is so low. You need to drive to the spot where you will work, then drive about 8 feet past that then backup. This will release some of the windup created by the toe-in. Then measure, adjust and measure and adjust. Then go for a drive and then do the whole thing all over again. If the toe-in is bad, the steering will feel very heavy. So adjusting the toe-in is a fair amount of work, but considering that this is the only adustment on the vehicle, why pay $60 to $80 to get your toe-in adjusted.
And with the VRK with less rubber bits to deflect, which effectively reduces running toe-in, you wand less toe-in to start.
With the Passat I had the camber changed to -.5 degree from 1.3 degree, as the low profile tires would suffer from that setting.
To do the camber myself, I would remove the road wheel then using a wood block and a jack lift that control arm at the ball joint location, lower the jack at the body as required, then with the jack at the control arm, adjust the hight until the vehicle was level using a 4' level across a longer extrusion across the body under the hood. I have a precision level which has a vernier scale for reading off fractions of a degree, and I have checked it against master calibrated levels and know that it is true. So then the bolts which secure the strut/shocks assy to the hub can be loosened and addjusted. The a round file can be used to get a bit more adjustememt if needed. You cannot do this on the Saabs, perhaps the new models. To adjust on the NG900's or 9-3's you can slot the holes for the upper strut mounts, or shift the subframe if that will help to balance camper side to side. Otherwise one can get a hydraulic jack and bend the sub frame with is dead soft as steel goes from the hot dip galvanization. The rubber mount at the subframe should be inspected first to see if it is torn or colapsed. If a new bushing is installed, I would wait for quite a while for it to settle before measuring or correcting camber.
posted by 208.24.179...
, Mon, 19 Aug 2002 17:28:11
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