RE: Alignment question

["Steven Stegmann" <steve.stegmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ryan,

You are absolutely correct!  I've been looking at cars with rack and pinion
too much.

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan Moore [mailto:baradium@domain.elided]
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 11:20 PM
To: Steven Stegmann; David Bongo; IHC Digest
Subject: Re: Alignment question



----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Stegmann" <steve.stegmann@domain.elided>
To: "David Bongo" <dbongo@domain.elided>; "IHC Digest"
<ihc-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 22:35
Subject: RE: Alignment question


> Yes, that will work.  By turning the rod instead of the ends you are
> adjusting "total toe".  If you take each side loose and adjust singly then
> you can adjust each side independently.  Usually what mechs do is to
adjust
> the "total toe" and then just pull off the steering wheel and reinstall it
> so it is centered.
>
>
> Steve
>

Um....

It doesn't matter what way you do it, all that does is reposition where the
tie rod itself is centered at.  Since the draglink connects to a knuckle
itself any adjustment you do *only* does the "total toe" you can't do each
side independently on a stock scout steering setup.  All it does is relocate
where the tie-rod is on the threads on each side.  Only ones you can do each
side on it's own is where the drag link goes into a joint on the tierod.

-Ryan