Wheel track measurement / Toe Adjustment

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Old 03-22-2016, 10:23 AM
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Hello! 1991 240 Wagon

Trying to set the Toe for the front end, playing around with some suspension mods but I can't for the life of me fine the Track measurement for the front and the rear.

so if anybody has it, rear wheel width, and front wheel width would be very much appreciated!

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to set the toe I just measure the front tires at the front and at the back of the tires, the difference is the amount of toe-in. I usually figure between 1/16th inch and 1/8th inch difference is about right.
 
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Old 03-24-2016, 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by pierce
to set the toe I just measure the front tires at the front and at the back of the tires, the difference is the amount of toe-in. I usually figure between 1/16th inch and 1/8th inch difference is about right.
thanks for the reply! I ended up doing that initially but the car drifter hard to the right. after adjusting it using the measurements I found I got the proper toe and the car now tracks straight. the left wheel was about 3/4 of and inch toed out! and the right one was even further! now I have about 1/16 toed in and everything is smooth as glass. The car even feels quite a bit faster off the line (makes sense because the thing isn't trying to pull itself in 2 different directions lol)
 
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