Rear Toe

[james3004]

I have just fitted my rear suspension on one side, the other side needs a bit of modification to the brackets:o

I put a metre rule across it it and it has a bit of toe in (or out) the question is: Is it acceptable or do i have to shim the hub when i come to bolt it on?

[flyerncle]

Personally I would /will set it up fully loaded and in a running condition.

It should be parralel as any toe in/out wil cause wear to the tyres.

[deezee]

I was under the impression that the rear wheels should have a slight toe in, as they are the driven wheels.

[fabbyglass]

Straight ahead but they MUST be exactly the same both sides and parallel to the centre line of the car or weirdness sets in

[spud69]

Straight ahead for me seems to work fine, you can shim them out with thin ali strips then torque them out nice and tight.

Andrew

[Tilly819]

well i have to say it actually not quite as simple as making them dead square,

it depends on what characteristics you would like the car to have.

At the rear of a car:

A small amount of toe in will increase straight line/high speed stability at the cost of a small amount of tyre scrub.

A small amount of toe out will increase oversteer in the corners especially when power is applied

neutral toe is somewhere in the middle the main benefit being no tyre scrub however i would recommend a very slight toe in for the benefits of car stability.

as for how to adjust it just shim the bearing blocks off the upright, mines done like that and has been fine.

hope this helps
tilly

[tex]

i would say keep 1mm toe in if you can. It will help the car at speed. But while new set it straight and see how it feels first

[baz-r]

i would go dead straight for starters if you want to shim from there you can
driving wheels will toe under load in as drive is taken up the way i see it anyway

[flyerncle]

Ponder this,if you had a live axle how would you give that toe in/out.

Looked through Autodata and most give rear toe in at minutes rather than degrees and in my expierence front wheel drive cars are setup with toe in as they tend to straighten up when driven forward.