Alignment Spec Questions, another alignment thread Options

[John]

I have a few questions that some of you smart people out there might be kind enough to answer for me.

I am wondering how you convert angular toe-in (per factory specs) to inches of toe-in.

I could convert angles to inches if I knew where to measure. Is the toe-in measured at the rim, at the tread, at the sidewall?

Or am I reading the chart from the factory manuals incorrectly?

What are the "factory" settings for:

Front Caster
Front Camber
Front Toe

Rear Camber
Rear Toe


On another note, RIDE HEIGHT.........

The front ride height is measured as the DIFFERENCE between the center of the torsion bar and the center of the wheel rim.

How is the rear ride height supposed to be measured, and what is the 'spec'?????

Thanks for replying.

[John]

Thank you Joe and Dave for replying.

I was hoping for a little more info, but it is a start.

I may have not been clear enough. I was looking through my workshop manual, because I thought it had "stock" information. The ride height procedure for the front seems straight forward (WAY HIGH, but straight forward).

There are 60 minutes in a degree.

I found the stock settings of:

Front wheel camber ---> 0 +/- 20' -----> 0 +/- .333 degrees
Max difference 20' ----> .333 degrees

Front Caster -----> 6 +/- 30' -------> 6 +/- .500 degrees

Total Front wheel Toe (in) -----> +20' +/- 10' ------ 0.333 +/- 0.166 degrees

I did not find individual front toe dimensions, but knowing that total toe is equal between each front wheel, then for each wheel they should be:

Front toe (in) --------> +10' +/- 5' ----- 0.166 +/- 0.083 degrees (Is this correct?, and how does this relate to inches toe?)


Joe, If the 1/16" toe is measured as the difference between the front of the 15" rim and the back of the 15" rim, isn't that really 1/32" toe-in? (.03") This is what I use.


I also asked about Rear Ride Height and how it is determined. I couldn't find that in the Workshop manuals.


BTW,

I am doing my own alignments on my alignment machine to my specs and am just trying to corelate what the stock settings were(are) to what I am using. I would like to come up with a set of "SPECS" to input into my alignment machine so I don't have to keep all these scraps of paper laying about.

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