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Subject:Re: Trying To Understand Tie rod Adjustments
From:neil N
Date:Sat, 11 Apr 2009 22:28:14 -0700

2009/4/11 Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net>:
> The measurements are taken with the steering wheel centered and all readings
> are referencing center.
>
> You could actually have one wheel toed in and the other toed out with a net
> toe-in of 0.
>

Ah ok. So if I'm understanding this correctly, that would mean:

wheels parallel to each other, but pointing "equally" slightly to the
right or left?

So then am I misunderstanding toe measurement?

Toe in/out is difference between:

measurement taken at same inner point of trailing portion of each wheel and

measurement taken at same inner point of leading edge of each wheel?

What I see in my minds eye, is one wheel straight, one pointing to
right or left.

i.e. :

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Or is that impossible?

Sorry for not getting this. I just evades me!

Neil.

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