Hi Tom, I'm very interested in your opinion on the alignment specs.

What makes you say the toe specs are wrong?

Are the manual specs different than the factory specs?

What do you think they /should/ be and why do you think that? Any drawbacks to your approach vs Volvo's manual specs?

I have the following info which I obtained from the Volvo manual:

                               Alignment Info                               



wheelbase          : 266 cm



front track width  : 152 cm



                      AWD      FWD

rear track width   : 149 cm   147 cm

 delta from front  : 3.0 cm   5.0 cm

 delta per side    : 1.5 cm   2.5 cm



Note : C70 152 cm front and rear



wheel rim          : 425 mm diameter



ball joint         : 0.5 mm of play



tire pressure (use unloaded for alignment)                                  

 unloaded             kPa    psi

   front           :  220    31.3

   rear            :  230    32.7

 fully loaded

   front           :  250    35.6

   rear            :  280    39.8



front              angle               mm (wheel rim)         deviation L/R  

 caster             3.35° +/- 1.00°                           1.00°

 camber             0.00° +/- 1.00°    0.0 mm +/- 7.42 mm     0.20° +/- 0.7°

 toe                0.33° +/- 0.10°    2.4 mm +/- 0.70 mm     0.10°

   per side         0.165°+/- 0.05°    1.2 mm +/- 0.35 mm                   



rear                                                                        

 ride height        381 mm fender edge to wheel center                    

 camber             0.25° +/- 0.75°

 toe                0.10° +/- 0.20°

   per side         0.05° +/- 0.10°

   dev. from thrust 0.25°