Lee,
While I would agree with this in theory, it would appear that in actual
practice it would not work and would still require a proper front end
alignment. The reason is that if there is slop in the rack, the wheels would
not be consistently spaced to start with. Marking the wall would assume
that you were marking it at a point that the toe-in was correct. But you don't
know that until you put it on the alignment rack. So rather than
waste money on laser pointers and a lot of time in the process, just eyeball it
and then take it to the alignment shop!
Joe
Lee Daniels wrote:
>
> Bruce asks:
> >1. Is there a trick to "centering" the wheels after I reassembly the
> >tie rod assemblies? Maybe you measure the distance from the end of
> >the rack to the wheels, and make sure it is equal, or something
> >similar?
> >
> >2. And is there a way to get close to the appropriate "toe in" since
> >that's the only alignment that can be corrected on the TR7?
>
> Someone on the Jaguar list recently tried something that should work
> well. It requires one or perhaps two laser pointers. The cheap kind
> from Wal-mart should work.
>
> A. If you get two of them, mount (duct-tape, clamp, etc.) one to each
> hub (***BEFORE you touch the tie rods***) so that they point at the
> wall, and carefully mark the wall. Don't disturb them while you
> change the tie rods, then line up the lasers again when you're done.
>
> B. If you're doing only one, you should be able to clamp the rack so
> that it doesn't move, then just do that one side.
>
> Some care would be necessary to make sure that nothing else on the
> suspension moves while you switch to the new tie rods, but overall
> this sounds like a great idea. And finally gives me an excuse to buy
> a couple of those laser pointers!
>
> -Lee
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