How to adjust toe up front 280z

[Joey J]

Hey guys I'm hoping there's a way to do a quick adjustment of toe on the front wheels. I just did some suspension work and one of my wheels have the toe way off. I don't even want to drive the car to an alignment shop like this.

 

Thanks in advance!

[thisismatt]

Tie rods?

[datzenmike]

Look in the 710 section My '76 goon thread. All I have at work is a POS IE computer and it's so slow.

 

I used 50' pieces of string across the rims to show where they were pointing down the driveway. Adjusted the tie rod ends to toe in/out to get the two strings roughly parallel. You'll have to look it up.

[blue72]

1.  Download FSM from xenons30.com

2.  Open to Front Axle & Suspension section.

3.  Scroll to Adjustment of Toe-In subsection

4.  Adjust using the "string" method as found in countless online tutorials

5.  Profit!

[q-tip]

String it!

[datzenmike]

Neighbor: "What's he doing now???"

 

 

 

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So I kept the rims but put 215/60R14 on and much wider tires and the steering is way easier... so WTF??? So today I checked the front alignment with string. Over 9 meters or just over 29 feet if the front tires were allowed to roll ahead by themselves they would have been about 8" further apart than when on the car. So I loosened the adjustment and turned them in so I have about 2" of toe in. It isn't perfect but 8" of toe out is got to be worse.

 

Ah I see on the 710 it was only 30 feet to be 8" of toe out!!!

[q-tip]

Not quite the way I do it but it should work.....