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Jimny Toe in questions.

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03 Jan 2017 09:15 #176202 by Crumbley
Replied by Crumbley on topic Jimny Toe in questions.
Looking a bit closer at the settings reports from the £32,000 tracking device, the the toe and camber on the rear are shown as negative camber and positive toe in. Different figures are shown for the before and after settings.

It's a solid rear axle on the Jimny, there isn't any camber or toe is there?

Is it operator error or machine error or a due to the tyre pressures being wrong?

The front toe in is greater on the right front which is the wrong way round if the operator was trying to avoid the car tending to drift down the road camber.

The total toe in is exactly on the limit of the 2 mm(17 minutes) to 6mm(51 minutes) range according to the Suzuki official figures for my Jimny LM14DWJ and the conversion chart link above. The setting is 17 minutes, one less minute of toe and it would be outside the manufacturers tolerances. My Jimny has 16inch wheels.

The £32,000 machine shows a permissible toe in range of 9 minutes to 28 minutes for my Jimny.

Is the £32,000 machine wrong?

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03 Jan 2017 16:48 - 03 Jan 2017 17:28 #176206 by JimnyManREME
Replied by JimnyManREME on topic Jimny Toe in questions.
the toe-in figures quoted by the manufacture will be for the vehicle as it left the factory. if you have fitted different wheel rims ie wider and greater diameter, then it is probably better to go by the angular measurement as the mm measurement will be for 15" wheels. Wheel alignment (tracking) is the relationship between the front wheels with the wheels straight ahead and therefore isn't L/H or R/H'd
the rear axle figures could well be with manufactures tolerances, but could also be caused by a slightly bent axle or possibly worn wheel bearings.
Last edit: 03 Jan 2017 17:28 by JimnyManREME.

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