View Single Post
  #2 (permalink)  
Old 10 Nov 2004, 07:05 am
Michael Pardee
 
Posts: n/a
Default Re: Tweaking 04 CR-V alignment

A full turn would be pretty large. Maybe an expert can give you better info.

Of course, there is more than driving feel to consider. Increasing toe-in
will reduce the twitchiness but will affect tire wear if overdone. (Got the
t-shirt for that one!) If you are going to adjust it yourself, keep notes so
you can set it exactly where it was and check the wear pattern after each
adjustment. Some people like to use chalk, but I prefer masking tape across
the full width of the tread. Apply it (whichever or both) while parked
alongside a lightly travelled and well paved road and drive straight for a
mile or so. Look to see the outer edges are wearing at the same rate as the
inner edges. Since your alignment is known to be basically correct to start
with, you should not deviate from the starting point very much.

Mike

"Nobody" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:Xns959CDE132CDF0XZLKJOIDUKLJ098098@24.24.2.16 6...
> Just had an alignment done. Rear toe is .07/.09 which is fine. Dealer
> set
> left front toe to 0 which is what it should be and the right front toe
> -0.01 for some reason. As minor as this may seem, I can feel it. A
> little
> too loose for me and a it's little twitchy on the highway...not horrible,
> but it's there. Dealer has refused to tweak the right in to 0, saying
> -0.01 is in spec (which it is).
>
> I am considering just tweaking it in a little myself, but I want an idea
> of
> how much, say, one complete 360 degree rotation of a tie rod will affect
> the alignment. Any techs out there who can give me an idea? If not, I
> can
> just tweak it a 1/4 turn at a time until it feels right. Worst case, I'll
> just have to pay for another alignment. The spec on the CR-V is a mile
> wide anyway.
>
> As an addendum, I had an 03 CR-V which another dealer did an alignment on
> where they set both front wheels to +0.04. That one handled
> excellent...super tight. Unfortunately, they set the rear to .13/.06
> which
> resulted (I presume since it never happened before) in the rear
> occasionally squirming on the highway. I use this dealer for all my
> service, but their alignments generally stink, so I won't go there for
> that.



Reply With Quote