Re: Alignment Help
#182698
July 15, 2004 04:19 pm UTC
July 15, 2004 04:19 pm UTC
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Joined: Sep 1998
Posts: 6,079 Mississauga, Ontario
Jeff Mitchell
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Senior Member, with Far TOO Much Time on Their Hands
Joined: Sep 1998
Posts: 6,079
Mississauga, Ontario
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As far as I know, the rear toe is adjusted in the 2G FWDs the same was as it is in the AWDs. There is a suspension arm called the "Toe control arm" which runs from the knuckle to the crossmember underneath the car (this is the rear most arm on the bottom). The end that bolts to the crossmember has an eccentric cam bolt that you turn to move the arm in/out to adjust the toe. There is some more discussion about them <A HREF="http://www.ca.dsm.org/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=17;t=000825">here.</A> It should be easy enough to peek under the car and see if the adjustment bolt and the little washer with the markings on it are there. The manual I've got shows the toe control arm for both the FWDs and AWDs. You can actually run quite a bit of negative camber without wearing too badly if you keep the toe at 0. -1 front and -0.75 rear is good but probably on the conservative side if you like the corners . I personally am running a little more -ve both front and rear and it doesn't seem to be causing any abnormal tire wear (again, with toe at 0 and rotate the tires at normal intervals). I've got the 10.9 grade bolts for adjusting the rear camber if you have trouble finding them (most places only have 8.8 grade). Ziggy from RTM has them too from what I recall.
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Re: Alignment Help
#182699
July 15, 2004 05:34 pm UTC
July 15, 2004 05:34 pm UTC
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Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 3,196 Newmarket, Ontario
Daren Peacock
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Newmarket, Ontario
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So I guess I'll leave my front -tve camber alone, since it doesn't look to be that bad (not near as noticable as rear -tve) and set my rears to be .75 deg less then the front or no less then -.75 deg according to the previous posts. I'll get all my toe's set at 0, correct? & what about caster, is it adjustable on these cars, if so what should it be set to? Thanks
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Re: Alignment Help
#182701
July 20, 2004 03:56 am UTC
July 20, 2004 03:56 am UTC
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Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 77 wpg, MB, Canada
Claudio Zubin
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wpg, MB, Canada
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I lowered my car approx 1.25" front and 1" rear and ended up with apprx 1.25 deg -ve in the front, and 2.5 ish -ve on the rear. I used the spacers on the rear, but found it difficult to adjust the toe when I reduced it to below 1 deg -ve (you get a lot of toe out when you put +ve camber into the back). I took out some spacers and the toe corrected itself and I'm at approx 1.25 deg -ve on the rear. My toe isn't at zero but still within factory spec (3/32" total toe out in front, and 5/32" total toe in in rear), but I think my tires are wearing quicker. Although, that could also be from the AutoX events I'm now running
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