MX5Russ Posted March 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 Dammit! Had I known before, I'd have definitely gone there. I'll bookmark this topic for next time. Thanks Rich! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 If we have an steering position issue and it happens ( no company is perfect ) then we prefer the owner to sit in the car while the longitudinal toe position it set to the owners perception of a level steering wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 Dammit! Had I known before, I'd have definitely gone there. I'll bookmark this topic for next time. Thanks Rich! You can find all of the trusted centres here - http://wheels-inmotion.co.uk/tyre-fitting-centres.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MX5Russ Posted March 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 Great, thanks Tony, Rich. I should've come here first - unfortunately I was in a bit of a rush trying to get it sorted at the weekend. I'll see if they'll let me sit in the car whilst they correct it. Will they only have to re-adjust the front, or likely the rear as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 Within reason the rear should be fine....... The rear toe position generates the front wheels reference point called the thrust angle so if the thrust position is off by more than 5' then the rear toe would need correcting, but that's their problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MX5Russ Posted March 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 Well the thrust angle was straight - but will it need adjusting to get the steering wheel straight, or is it likely just front adjustment that will be needed to get the wheel straight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted March 12, 2014 Report Share Posted March 12, 2014 Hard to say without visual data, look at this example of thrust Extreme example agreed but it displays how you the driver would need to correct the steering position to the thrust angle. It should just be a 5min front toe arm "tracking" correction but as said the rear thrust in my opinion should not be displaced by more than 5'.... My guys work to 0' +- 1' although the globule tolerance is actually 15'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MX5Russ Posted March 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2014 Ah, OK. So all 4 corners may need adjusting. Will go in this weekend and have them correct it. The above example looks like it'd be 'interesting' to drive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted March 13, 2014 Report Share Posted March 13, 2014 We see some like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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