On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 21:33:46 -0700, alan <no-longer-valid@yahoo.com> wrote:

>George Macdonald wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 13:02:27 -0700, alan <no-longer-valid@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>George Macdonald wrote:
>
>>>>I'd say it's unlikely you have a major alignment problem and there's no
>>>>alignment corrections which are possible with your car which would correct
>>>>the wear pattern you have, apart from toe-in. As the Honda double wishbone
>>>>suspension ages, it *does* tend to settle a bit and get some change towards
>>>>toe-out in the front wheels. When I see increased wear on the front
>>>>inners, I* just crank 1/4 turn on each tie-rod to reduce toe-out.
>
>> The Honda spec, for most of their cars, for front toe is 0 +/-2mm. If you
>> have a minor wear anomaly -- and slight uneveness at 41K miles *is* minor
>> -- you can correct it as I suggested. It's easy enough to do yourself but
>> if you take it to someone, tell them you want slightly more toe-in that it
>> currently has. Experience has shown that the cars do not always come from
>> the factory with the alignment calibrated to the middle of the spec range.
>>
>> Rgds, George Macdonald
>>
>> "Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??
>
>So I measured the toe today with a tape measure (accuracy ~1/16"), and
>there might be 1/8-3/16 of toe out, as measured between the lower front
>and read edges of the tires (i.e. measured the tires at 4.5 o'clock and
>7.5 o'clock coz otherwise bits of the underbody get in the way. I
>cranked the tie rods a bit, and it is better now. In your experience,
>how much did the suspersion on your Integra toe out with time? Also,
>does it continue to toe out over the life of the car?

Hard to say - my '92 Integra suffered a broken spring at ~60K miles which
didn't help to keep track of wear characteristics and an eventual change of
shocks(KYB GR-2s)/springs(OE), after the other front spring broke, muddied
things even more. IIRC I turned the tie-rods out once on our '90 Civic in
~120K miles, fairly early in its life, since I was sure it came from the
factory with toe-out at the limit.

Rgds, George Macdonald

"Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??