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Is the necessity of a special Kinematic Toe Tool just smoke and mirrors?
Originally Posted by samurai_k
Doing some suspension work and need to do an alignment. Does anyone have a KT guage I can borrow/rent from you?
Thanks!
Tell me if this is heresy? Does the original poster really need the tool to set the Kinematic Toe?
In the shop manual, there is no specific absolute value for the Kinematic Toe settings. Just that the difference from left to right should be 1.5 units or less on the scale provided on the tool.
Seeing that there is no absolute value listed couldn't one put one of those inexpensive digital angle tools against the suspension arm involved and adjust things until they match and be done with it?
The digital scales are much more accurate than the bubble gauge on the tool. One could jounce the suspension a few time to understand the natural limitations of repeatability of the measurement in the process.
Tell me if this is heresy? Does the original poster really need the tool to set the Kinematic Toe?
In the shop manual, there is no specific absolute value for the Kinematic Toe settings. Just that the difference from left to right should be 1.5 units or less on the scale provided on the tool.
Seeing that there is no absolute value listed couldn't one put one of those inexpensive digital angle tools against the suspension arm involved and adjust things until they match and be done with it?
The digital scales are much more accurate than the bubble gauge on the tool. One could jounce the suspension a few time to understand the natural limitations of repeatability of the measurement in the process.
Others thoughts?
Andy
You are reading the wrong manual,
The info you posted is for the street cars and the standard shop KT tools, the OP wants to borrow a racing dept gauge that hangs from the rear caliper bolts, the spec is +3° 30' max and equal on both sides, There's a wide range of possible adjustment, closer to 0° speeds the reaction of the rear up, it gets increasingly nervous and edgy, closer to 3° 30' slows the rear end down and makes the car more stable
These are the factory shop tools for street cars, pretty useless, there are 2 versions original and an updated version, also useless
This is the race dept tool
In use, pretty slick and accurate, makes you wonder what the other ones were made for
05-23-2019, 12:55 AM
Want to borrow- KT gauge
