Guest derrick Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 well ive replaced the suspension and i noticed that the passenger wheel was worn on the inside. i know my tracing must be out but how do you adjust this ive read the haynes but it doesnt give you much of an idea it says to measure the outside of the wheel to the other wheel? . vice versa and deduct the lowest size? i take it this is the out side of the drivers wheel to the inside of the passenger wheel? oh i dont know so i need a little help on this one i know i could count the threads on the track rod on the driver side if they are different on the passenger will i have to widen them to match the driver side and will this solve the problem ive lowered the car by 60mm and the local garage said i need new driving arms and camber thingys to compensate for the car been lower? i lowered my old mk4 and dont remember having to do this on it so any help gratfully appreciated as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lee81 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 First of all centre the steering wheel and leave it locked in position. A pair of ramps are good as the car needs to be on its wheels while having access to the track arms to make adjustments. Axle stands are no good as the car needs to have its full weight on the wheels. Using a piece of string put across the rear wheel and along across the front. You now adjust the track arm on the drivers side until the front wheel is parallel to the line. (Assume you don't have access to lazer tracking system) Once that is done you need a long bar that slight shorter than the width between the inside of the rims. Check at the front of the wheel and then at the rear. You want these to be equal so make adjustments to the passenger side track arm only until it is. Counting threads is going to get you nowhere lol If your car is lowered beyond 30mm you will always get the inside of the tire wearing faster than the outer part. Adjustable track arms are the only way to stop this as you have mentioned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest derrick Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 First of all centre the steering wheel and leave it locked in position. A pair of ramps are good as the car needs to be on its wheels while having access to the track arms to make adjustments. Axle stands are no good as the car needs to have its full weight on the wheels. Using a piece of string put across the rear wheel and along across the front. You now adjust the track arm on the drivers side until the front wheel is parallel to the line. (Assume you don't have access to lazer tracking system) Once that is done you need a long bar that slight shorter than the width between the inside of the rims. Check at the front of the wheel and then at the rear. You want these to be equal so make adjustments to the passenger side track arm only until it is. Counting threads is going to get you nowhere lol If your car is lowered beyond 30mm you will always get the inside of the tire wearing faster than the outer part. Adjustable track arms are the only way to stop this as you have mentioned cheers for that ill get that done at the weekend and will need to look at adjustable track arms aswell thanks for the reply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingergman Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 aint it just easya to take it to a garage? they only charge 20 odd quid, will do it quick and saves you a lot of time messing about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 aint it just easya to take it to a garage? they only charge 20 odd quid, will do it quick and saves you a lot of time messing about Fully agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shaun Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 i think i agree with you 2 on this.............. The only time to play with tracking is when you full access to proper Tracking equipment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest avul Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 the only time u can do any thing wiv the steerin like this is if u r changin the rack so u can meassure the length of the rack wiv track rod ends so u ave the right length frm the start but thats only its set up right frm the start, last car i did like this was a ford ka & wen the guy i did it 4 went 2 get it checked it was spot on, but iv ur unable 2 meassure the full length of the rack frm the start then def go get it set up properly cos only 2-3 mm out on the trackin will cut the life of ur tyre's dramaticaly, any more than that & u'l just kill ur tyre's in no time. so like every 1 is sayin go get laser alignment done on it if u aven't done already. regards mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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