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Toe in specs

posted by  rstarkie on  Sat Jul 29 12:14 CST 2017
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Thanks for responding.

I had a set of poly control arm bushings on the shelf and they are now installed and I have adjusted the toe in just a tad so as to show (by my crude method) 1/8" total toe in.

I also changed out the tires on the front, just in case..., but no joy, although the shimmy did not return until I tried to slow down. So it was acting more like a warped rotor.

I disassembled the front brake calipers. The slide pins were moving as they should, but I found the pads on the driver's side were not releasing enough to allow the wheel to turn freely when jacked up. I cleaned up the contact points on the pads and the carriers and reassembled everything and went for a drive.

As soon as I touched the brakes I got that shimmy that seemed like a warped rotor. As I prepared to remove the rotors I once again found the driver's side tire reluctant to spin freely. The rotor on that side was definitely hotter than the other. I opened the bleeder and used a large set of adjustable pliers to push the piston in and found no resistance to moving freely. The pads did not want to move in the carrier so I removed them and ground down the ends of the pads a very small amount.

I am dropping the rotors at my machinist's shop this afternoon.

Randy






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