I brought my baby back the other day from the mechanic with a fresh alignment and set of shoes. I picked it up after hours so did not get a convenient time to talk to the mechanic. I didn't even notice I received a nice alignment sheet until I went to file the paperwork today. As an engineer, I find numbers cool :)
I don't know how to interpret the numbers though :(
They did assign "red" (out of spec) and "green" (in spec) color coding, but I have no basis for knowing how good or bad any of it is. I'm also not exactly sure how to read it. So I have a few questions.
1)
I believe the Toe values in the front are the only thing that are adjustable. Now they know that the car is primarily a track car, and they are a race shop. Without me requesting anything specific, is that the reason they adjusted the toe, but not to within spec?
2)
How do we get measurements for Toe on a per wheel basis? I thought Toe was defined by how parallel two wheels in combination are. Motorcycles don't have toe, right? So how can just my front left wheel have a toe number?
3)
I would have expected to see the following fields: "After, Before, Spec", but instead I get this "Actual, Before, Spec" value. I'd be happy to map "Actual" to "After" except that it changes for things that I don't think it should.
For example, some of the "Actual" and "Before" numbers for the rear (which afaik isn't adjustable) are different. Why would that be? I could buy that in the front, adjusting toe has a moderate effect on say caster, but if nothing is adjustable in the rear...
Thanks for any help interpreting!
I don't know how to interpret the numbers though :(
They did assign "red" (out of spec) and "green" (in spec) color coding, but I have no basis for knowing how good or bad any of it is. I'm also not exactly sure how to read it. So I have a few questions.
1)
I believe the Toe values in the front are the only thing that are adjustable. Now they know that the car is primarily a track car, and they are a race shop. Without me requesting anything specific, is that the reason they adjusted the toe, but not to within spec?
2)
How do we get measurements for Toe on a per wheel basis? I thought Toe was defined by how parallel two wheels in combination are. Motorcycles don't have toe, right? So how can just my front left wheel have a toe number?
3)
I would have expected to see the following fields: "After, Before, Spec", but instead I get this "Actual, Before, Spec" value. I'd be happy to map "Actual" to "After" except that it changes for things that I don't think it should.
For example, some of the "Actual" and "Before" numbers for the rear (which afaik isn't adjustable) are different. Why would that be? I could buy that in the front, adjusting toe has a moderate effect on say caster, but if nothing is adjustable in the rear...

Thanks for any help interpreting!

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