Definitive tracking setup

[Blokko]

My mate Phil has changed track rod ends on his 7 and now needs to get his tracking reset.

 

He is planning to go to a garage to get this done - and needs to know what settings to ask for. He is looking for tyre wear friendly setup for road use only. We have the standard setup as per the manual, but Phil seems to think that other posts in Tech Talk have suggested a variation on this (but typically we can't find the posts now!).

Tracking: 0 deg 20' +/- 0 deg 10' Toe in

Camber: 1 deg 20' +/- 0 deg 15' (Negative)

Castor: 4 deg 00' 1 deg 00' (0 deg 20' variation left or right)

 

Secondly, tracking is being done independently of new tyre fitting. Does it make any difference as to which order these two tasks should be performed?

[6speedmanual]

For road use those settings would be fine.

There are many other ways to set up the front end depending on what you want to achieve.

The tracking is the easiest one to change so you could try some experiemntation there. I would suggest to try going parallel or a fractional toe-out for a more alert feeling steering response at turn-in.

 

Put new tyres on first. all geom set up is easier/more accurate if teh tyres are the same diameter.

 

Peter

[Blokko]

Thank you Peter