Rear wheel toe-in adjustment tool alternatives
#1
Rear wheel toe-in adjustment tool alternatives
What (if any) alternatives are there to using the Porsche tool 9171 (or aftermarket equivalent) to adjust the rear toe-in?
In other words, once the contro arm bolts are loosened, can the toe-in be adjusted slightly by tapping the control arm with a rubber mallet, levering it with a wood dowel, etc.?
Your suggestions appreciated!
In other words, once the contro arm bolts are loosened, can the toe-in be adjusted slightly by tapping the control arm with a rubber mallet, levering it with a wood dowel, etc.?
Your suggestions appreciated!
#2
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I have tried to do it without the tool with poor results and alot of wasted time.
Spend the $, it is worth every penny. You can set the rear toe in less than 5 min.
Spend the $, it is worth every penny. You can set the rear toe in less than 5 min.
#3
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You can ghetto it with a screwdriver in the adjustment hole, but it's so completely imprecise that you'll save time ordering and waiting for the proper tool.
Sam
Sam
#4
How about loosening the toe-in bolts, tapping the tire with a rubber mallet until the wheel is aligned (by string or tape measure trick), then re-tightening the bolts? Ghetto fo sho, but why wouldn't that work?
A long weekend is upon us, and getting the real tool will take almost a week.
A long weekend is upon us, and getting the real tool will take almost a week.
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Hey;
It's IMPOSSIBLE to do an alignment without the tool. It's a pain to do it WITH the tool! It's about $25US and available from many sources; SIR tools, Assenmacher Tool, Paragon Products, and many more I'm sure.
Find a good shop and pay them to do it. As said previously here, it is worth the price. If you don't know what you're doing, you'll have a car with wacked alignment and you'll waste a lot of time getting it there. People always say that you can do string alignments at the track and so on. BULL. I'd like to see them try. It's a PITA even on an alignment rack!!!
It's IMPOSSIBLE to do an alignment without the tool. It's a pain to do it WITH the tool! It's about $25US and available from many sources; SIR tools, Assenmacher Tool, Paragon Products, and many more I'm sure.
Find a good shop and pay them to do it. As said previously here, it is worth the price. If you don't know what you're doing, you'll have a car with wacked alignment and you'll waste a lot of time getting it there. People always say that you can do string alignments at the track and so on. BULL. I'd like to see them try. It's a PITA even on an alignment rack!!!
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#9
Intermediate
The tool…
Well - I’m shipping a car tomorrow and had to do major adjustments and change out parts. Shop doesn’t have the tool. So - my be screwed. Was hopping for a different outcome.
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#11
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And - I got it without the tool
Loosen the three rear bolts - remove the lower sway bar link - leave to top one on.
you can manipulate the entire assembly with the camber adjustment - you just have to be patient.
I got access to the car on the rack - here were my results.
note - we replaced a control arm in the build out of this car so we need to fine tune the adjustments on it later to fix the caster and camber -
top is start - bottom is the final result.
you can manipulate the entire assembly with the camber adjustment - you just have to be patient.
I got access to the car on the rack - here were my results.
note - we replaced a control arm in the build out of this car so we need to fine tune the adjustments on it later to fix the caster and camber -
top is start - bottom is the final result.