1955 Ford toe in/out question ?

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taycotrains

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Hello

I rotated the tires on my car and noticed some tire wear on the inside of the front left.

So I bought one of those cheap bolt on alignment brackets with the 2 tape measures.

The front tape reads exactly 59 inches to the edge of the tool and the rear tape reads about 16th of a inch short of being 60 inches

I have never worked on a car front end and was wondering do the settings need to exactly the same ? 59 and a 1/2 inches ?
 

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The manual will give you the toe in spec. But it will be for oem bias plies. There may be a different spec for radials. The manual will also give examples of tire wear for camber and castor problems.

Off hand, I’d say toe would be more like 1/16 or 1/8”. If I’m reading right yours is more like 1”. So keep at it.


There’s guys here with tons of alignment experience, one wil chime in with better answers.
 
miker98038 said:
The manual will give you the toe in spec. But it will be for oem bias plies. There may be a different spec for radials. The manual will also give examples of tire wear for camber and castor problems.

Off hand, I’d say toe would be more like 1/16 or 1/8”. If I’m reading right yours is more like 1”. So keep at it.


There’s guys here with tons of alignment experience, one wil chime in with better answers.
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Thanks

The car has bias plies at this time…

I have 4 brand new radials but I’m going to put them on next spring.

BT
 
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