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Old 06-24-2009 | 02:23 PM
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Default Toe in for alignment

How do folks have their alignment set up on their rovers? Spec at the alignment shops is actually a toe out set up, which makes the steering more twitchy... especially on a shorter wheel base like the Disco... I recently got mine redone, and they were able to get it to be less toed-out, but still within the spec of the machine. ( they have to go by that).

Wanted to see what others did and how they had their suspension set up. I'd like mine to be a bit more stable and not get sucked into groves on the road, etc. A big part of that is the toe, as well as caster angle. You can't adjust caster on the Disco 2, so Toe in is all that's left.

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Old 06-24-2009 | 03:41 PM
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It is a toe setting only along with recentering the steering wheel.
The castor can go off when the vehicle is lifted which will cause it to search while driving down the road.
 
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Old 06-24-2009 | 04:51 PM
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Mike, do you have your tires "toed - in", or "toed - out"?

Agree on the issues with lift causing wandering due to change in castor...
 
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Old 06-24-2009 | 05:36 PM
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My truck was aligned around 100,000 miles ago, not sure if in or out but I rotate my tire every 25,000 miles and have never shown any wear.
Why are you concerned about the alignment.
 
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Old 06-26-2009 | 06:55 PM
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because, Toed out causes the cars to wander a bit more than being toed in.... and I want to fact check Les Schwab that they have their data correct with regards to the Disco being toed out, vs. Toed in...
 
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Old 06-26-2009 | 08:51 PM
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Call 2 different alignment shops and see what the toe setting is, that should answer your question.
 
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