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rnln:
I think you're missing a crucial aspect of the reason to run toe.
No.. I would "not" use zero as my target.....even though 7.5-8 minutes of toe each side is a small number. Why?....... because a small amount of toe-in "pre-loads" the suspension to take out any kind of slack within all the various pins and bushings. If you run zero toe..or "no pre-load", the wheel can ( microscopically) flop back and forth ...left to right...as you attempt to go straight down the road. We can call this backlash. This small amount of toe-in loads the tires...ever so slightly...as if each wheel is turning toward the inside of the car and taking up all the slack in all the pivots and joints...
My original point is that we need only say to use a "smidge" of toe-in. Obviously, this would not work as a "factory specification" so a small number , like 15 minutes total for both sides...is used. I was trying to answer the concern that splitting 15 minutes in half results in ridiculously small resolution...like half-of-minutes. We needn't be too concerned if the final ajustment is 10 minutes total or 17 minutes total....
- Wil
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Wil Ferch
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