<VV> new car for me - towing

[Mike Kost]

NicolCS at aol.com wrote:

> 
>You can set the front toe in the guy's driveway, well enough to drive  home 
>anyway.
>Preparation: Jack up the front end of the car then:
>1) Get some wide masking tape and wrap it around the outside of the tire,  
>near the center of the tread.
>2) Spin the tire and touch the tape with a very steadily held felt-tip pen  
>to create a straight line on the masking tape all around the tire.
>2.1) Repeat for the other front tire
>3) Set the car on the ground and roll it a foot forward. 
>4) As close as you can, measure the distance between the lines on each  front 
>tire at the front (9 o'clock) and rear (3 o'clock) positions.  Be  sure that 
>the tape measure is horizontal and not sagging.
>5) Adjust the front tie rod ends evenly so that the rear-of-tire  measurement 
>is about 1/8" larger than the front-of-tire measurement.
>6) Roll the car forward a foot and recheck
>That's it.  I have done this for years in preparation for the  alignment 
>shop.  It's pretty accurate. For extra credit, learn how to  center the steering 
>wheel too!
>Craig N.
>  
>
You could use a carpenters square to solve the problem of measuring at 
the 9 & 3 positions of the tire without bending the tape measure.

Mike Kost
SMCC  St. Louis, MO



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