<VV> Quick steering arms and toe in

[Jim Bannister]

Hi All,
After having been down this road a short time ago, I can offer one tidbit of
advice.  Assuming that your front end geometry is correct BEFORE you swap
the steering arms, you'll need to accurately measure the distance between
some distinctive feature on both left and right front tires.  Make a chalk
mark on one of the squigglies in the tread of your tires and measure
between.  After you change the steering arms and get the car down off the
jacks, you'll notice that it'll have a serious case of misalignment.  Maybe
three or four inched of toe out.  Don't despair, grab a cold beer and start
cranking on the adjusters to bring the squigglies back to the "before
surgery" dimension.  Tighten everything down and yer done.  You may have
lost the center position of the steering wheel but you can correct that back
to straight ahead as well.  Just always maintain the original dimension.
Jim B.
'66 Turbovert

-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-admin@corvair.org [mailto:virtualvairs-admin@corvair.org]
On Behalf Of Daniel Kinzelman
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 4:30 PM
To: virtualvairs@corvair.org
Subject: <VV> Quick steering arms and toe in

Hello

Have any of you installed Clark's quick arms?  Is it necessary to get an 
alignment shop to adjust toe-in after installation, or can you do it 
yourself without specialized measurement tools?  Also, how severe is the 
change in toe?  Thanks very much.

Dan
66 Monza Coupe 110hp 4sp

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