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Post by stokedapollo »

ok picture this
steering wheel sits off centre to the left
right wheel dead straight left wheel turned slightly left car pulls to left
now wich side is out left or right ??
now i know a wheel allignement is the go but cant afford it
the wheels are out and ya can see it easy
just wanting to adjust a bit to help it a bit till i can get wheel alignement
cheers guys



oh i have been told its the right by someone but im not sure just lil bit more feed back be good
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Post by v840 »

Wait, wha..?

Oh, I see you're one of tna's mates. That explains a lot. :finger:

From what I understand of your post which is not a great deal, I think you need to get the toe adjusted on your right wheel. What vehicle and what steering are you running?
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Post by stokedapollo »

v840
funny funny
i thought it was easy to explain but on here it didnt seem that way
as for the tna comment ill let it slide lol
mk swb standard steering and yeah i know what i have to adjust but wasnt sure what side
thats wat i was trying to ask
hence why i tried to explain wat it was looking like
cheers for ya help lol
farny farker lol
tis all good
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Post by Shadow »

turn your steering wheel to straight

then get your wheels straight aswell

use a tape measure, measure over to over at front of tyure, and over to over at back

should have a small amount of toe in, (front measurement smaller than backj, but only by about 10mm from my understanding.

Your steering wheel doesnt have to be centred, it just looks better that way.
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Post by mud guts »

Put steering wheel to centered driving position, clamp something long to each outside of tyre, use this to measure too for accuracy, the brake disk is easier, and measure gap between inside back of tyre to chassis, make each side the same, do this with the drag link, that will correct track
Then adj toe with tie rod, measure the rear to front gap anywhere from 0-10 by narrowing the front. The bigger the tyre the more toe helps me
If you dont like the way it feels only need to change the toe, do as above
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Post by mkpatrol »

Before you do all this check for something bent. The only time these thing will really go out of alignment is when you toch them or bend them.

If the left wheel is out then I would nearly bet my left testy that you have bent the drag link of the diff housing.

Wheel alignments are only 35-40 bucks?????
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Post by stokedapollo »

thanks guys awesome help
mkpatrol
posibly bent something prob not diff housing as i havnt been off road for while and the prob has only just started to show up was out a lil to start but has got lil worse
so from wat all is said my right wheel is out and its out a fair bit as you notice the differance real easy
front is wider than the back just by looking at it
thanks again guys
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