OK, I recently took out my rear washers for an HPDE, and then I got an alignment with toe set to 0. If I put the washers back in in the rear, would this effect toe to the point of uneven wear? Sorry if this is a dumb question.

A simply yes or no will do fine. Thanks


[Modified by 96 SOHC VTEC, 4:01 AM 1/2/2003]

 

yes, any change of caster or camber changes the toe as well, the toe should always be set last.

 

Yes im an alignment tech at a tire shop the littles thing can throw the toe of u are better off puttin them back in then go back and have them re-align ur car .... hope it helped ....

 

OK, so the washers would throw of the toe, but would it effect it enough to cause tire wear in the rear?

 

Small increases in toe = big increase in tire wear and handling behavior. Rather than ask the question as to what changes might occur, why not just do it right the first time and be done with it?

 

what is toe?

 

I wanted to run more negative camber for the HPDE like I stated.

 

TOE: Toe is the amount the tires point inward or outward from dead ahead when the steering is perfectly centered (viewed from directly above the tire). Toe is measured in inches (usually very small increments of inches to be exact); toe-out indicates the wheels point slightly away from vehicle center in a straight on path, while toe-in indicates a slight bias towards vehicle center. Zero toe would be a case where the wheels point dead ahead when the steering is centered. Toe plays an important part in straight line stability and vehicle turn-in characteristics. Toe-in gives makes the car easier to keep pointed straight during normal driving and under heavy braking, while toe-out makes the vehicle feel more eager to enter corners but will cause directional stability to suffer (and stability under braking to suffer greatly).