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Could toe be adjusted by hand?

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    Could toe be adjusted by hand?

    Could toe be adjusted by hand by the tie rod ends? I want to do alignment at home.
    Last edited by HoNdaInspire01; 01-20-2010, 07:32 AM.
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    Yes. Park the car someplace where you can pull it in straight (so the wheels are straight as possible, and the steering wheel is centered as closely as possible) With the car sitting on the ground, measure from center to center (You can also "hook" the center tread with the end of the tape measure and measure to that edge of the other tire's tread as long as you hook it the opposite direction on the other side of the tire) on the front side of the tires and the back side of the tires. Adjust the tie rod ends until the numbers are the same.

    I did this to my Corolla after replacing both tie rod ends and when I took it to get it aligned, they told me it couldn't get any better than it already was!

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      Originally posted by visualpoet View Post
      Yes. Park the car someplace where you can pull it in straight (so the wheels are straight as possible, and the steering wheel is centered as closely as possible) With the car sitting on the ground, measure from center to center (You can also "hook" the center tread with the end of the tape measure and measure to that edge of the other tire's tread as long as you hook it the opposite direction on the other side of the tire) on the front side of the tires and the back side of the tires. Adjust the tie rod ends until the numbers are the same.

      I did this to my Corolla after replacing both tie rod ends and when I took it to get it aligned, they told me it couldn't get any better than it already was!
      Shoot! thanks for you big help!, I might do this today. I dont want to spend more money taking to the alignment shop anyways see if it helps. Thank you!

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        Make sure you measure front and back of the tires as close to the center height wise as possible to keep things accurate.

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          Doing it by hand is what the shops do. Doing it by eye is where the problem is. Some poeple get lucky, or they have a very good sense of what they're doing... and end up with near perfect alignment like visualpoet's Corolla.

          However, most people can't tell by eye if wheels are properly aligned. There are gauges that are used to do an alignment when an electronic alignment machine isn't used. It would be wise to pick up a set if you want to start doing alignments yourself. You might be able to find them cheap, since everyone is electronic now.

          You could adjust the alignment by eye from being terrible to being not so bad... but you won't know if it's right or not until you start seeing wear in your tires. Seeing as tires cost $400 or so, if you quickly lose 20% of your usable tire life because you didn't align the wheels properly, you've already wasted the money it would have taken to get your alignment done properly!




          It CAN be done, but there's no guarantee that you're going to do it right without the proper tools (even then, no guarantee!)






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