2017年5月28日日曜日

VW 1302 Wheel alignment


A habit of going to the right has been observed after replacing front lower arm bushes on both side and following rough toe adjustment and the phenomena I felt was proved as an actual physical result by measuring the front thrust direction while straight running condition.
The measuring device was constructed by myself few years ago and play a good part of my wheel alignment test & adjustment life. Though it looks like a tiny toy, it is useful enough to satisfy the requirement. It can be set very easily without any exaggeration, this is one of an indispensable advantage to access to the adjusting procedure without stress.
Alignment datum had been changed so carelessly as to have some doubt on the fundamental designing of Super Beetle, but now I have detected the criminal with barely memories, the destruction and decay of the rubber material in front lower arm bushes.
Piled ad hoc adjustment procedure for years based on misunderstandings resulted in ugly wheel alignment datum value as a matter of fact, so regarded I the truth.
The condition feeling so bad after replacement the bushes urged me to inspect the alignment fundamentally this morning.
The wheel alignment datum obtained are followings.

Front toe-in minus 10 mm

Rear toe-in 15 mm

Thrust angle minus 1.2 minutes(angle value)

Judging from the history of front axle maintenance that both of the lower arm bush were replaced, some reasonable discrepancy might be imagined and about the rear axle, right side trailing arm hinge bolt was lost and applied again, and some distortion might have happened because of unpredictable movement of the rear axle.
Rear zero toe-in and zero thrust were established today. Front toe-in value adjusting to zero would be done tomorrow.

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