Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 00:39:36 +0200 From: Robert Brown <robxxxert.broxxxwnnopsamxxxnet.se> Subject: Re: front end mis-alignment or...?
Abdallah wrote: ---8<---cutting previous > i had a long and close look at the toe-out possibility. i'm > no expert, but its definitely way off. i aligned the > steering and aligned my eye with the outside face of the > tyre, looking from the front on each side, and both tyres > are turned toe-out - and it looks like the front of each > tyre is out about 1.5cm!!! that blew me away. needless to > say i'll be following up with the body shop that repaired > the car after the accident... i guess the toe-out really > improves "handling" at the expense of tyre wear?? > > how could the alignment guys do a "toe-out" alignment by > "mistake"? and that badly!? > Hi Abdallah, I'll now bet on a best-case prediction, though it is quite probable. My 3 guesses: - strut towers *not* out of alignment due to previous accident (hence camber OK) - your alignment specialist will declare that the body shop that fixed your accident really goofed, when doing your toe-in - or the body shop simply didn't do it at all. Looks like you now have extreme toe-out instead, which explains the massive wear on inside edges. - the body shop will refuse to compensate you for the tyre wear but will offer you a 15% discount on your next bodywork repair ;-) You push the case and settle for the cost of the second alignment job plus the replacement cost of *one* of the tyres. This and all cars with front-wheel steering should have a slight amount of toe-in, which tends to cause a bit of outside edge tread wear. But that can be reduced by increasing tyre pressures (e.g. on 195/60-15 try 2,5 kPa [35 psi] instead of 2,2 kPa [31 psi] , or on 205/50-16 try 2,7 kPa instead of 2,4 kPa). But let's first see how this front end alignment check and fix works out . . . By the weekend we'll know if this is right or not huh ;-) BRgds, Robert [for the rels in BC I'll go off-line]
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