Front Toe Adjustment

FRONT TOE ADJUSTMENT

(Figure 1) Tie rod clamp & sleeve positioning:

NOTE: Tie rod adjuster parts often become rusted in service. If the torque required to remove the nut from the bolt after breakaway exceeds 9 Nm (7 ft Lbs), discard the nuts and bolts. Apply penetrating oil between the clamp and tube and rotate the clamps until they move freely and install new bolts and nuts.

PROCEDURE
Toe-in can be increased or decreased by changing the length of the tie rods. A threaded sleeve is provided for this purpose.
When the tie rods are mounted ahead of the steering knuckle they must be:

^ Decreased in length to increase toe-in.
^ Increased in length to decrease toe-in.

To adjust, loosen clamp bolts at each end of steering tie rod adjustable sleeves.
- With steering wheel in straight ahead position, turn tie rod adjusting sleeves to obtain proper adjustment.
- After adjusting, check that number of threads showing on each end of sleeve are equal to within 3 threads and that the tie rod end housings are at the right angles to steering arm.
- Position tie rod clamps and sleeves, refer to (Figure 1) and torque nuts to 15 ft. lbs.