I borrowed a very nice Snap-on toe-in gauge from a friend. It is a hollow
square aluminum bar with moveable pointers on it. One pointer has a scale.
Once you get the hang of it, toe-in is very easy to measure with this tool.
My symptom was steering pulling to the left and excess wear on the inside of
the front tires. I measured the wheels to be 1/2" further apart at the front
than at the rear! I rolled, bounced, and repeated the measurement twice to
verify it. I adjusted the alignment to get the wheel 3/16" closer at the
front than at the rear and the car now tracks pretty well with no pulling.
Question: The Bentley manual says toe-in should be between 1/16" and 1/8".
Is the reference point the center of the vehicle or the other tire? Or, put
another way: Should I split my measurement in half to get the toe in? If
not, I need to adjust it a bit more.
Thanks,
Hugh Fader
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