Paul Brogren

My steering wheel's straight, so I won't mess with that. One other
question, when rotating the tie rod(linkage) what have you used to do it?
I'm thinking to use a pipe wrench. Also, what have you held the rod ends
with so I don't damage them?

Thanks Again,
Paul


"Jeff Strickland" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:vn8vb5koaju481@corp.supernews.com...
> The Toe In should be 3/32nds on your CJ. This is just under 1/8th (4/32 is
> 1/8), so yo uneed to be very consistant with your measurements. If you can
> see the seam (mold mark) that goes around the tire near the center of the
> tread, base your measurements there. The sidewalls can have a 1/8
variance,
> and this can screw your adjustment efforts.
>
> Servicing the wheel bearings should not have knocked the alignment out,
but
> the bent traililng arm that connects the left and right tires will make
the
> front measurement smaller than the back by an amount greater than the
> specification.
>
> As you follow the steering linkage from the steering box through to the
> tires, the linkage that connects the steering box to the first tire will
> cause the steering wheel to be aligned properly, the linkage arm that
> connects the two tires will adjust the toe in/toe out. When I played with
my
> steering, I set the steering wheel straight, then adjusted the toe in. If
> the steering wheel is off more than a few degrees, you might find that you
> have to make the adjustment a couple of times in order to dial all of the
> stuff in.
>
>
>
>
> "Paul Brogren" <pibrogren@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:bl1q0o$6pa5g$1@ID-190695.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > On my '75 CJ5 the front wheels appear to have toe in. I measured the
> > distance between the front of the tire and the rear of the tire. My
tape
> > shows a 1/4" toe in. Is there supposed a little toe in? I can't
> remember.
> > I serviced the wheel bearings since the last alignment because they were
> > loose. After repacking and adjusting the tension could I have taken the
> > wheels out of alignment?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Paul
> >
> >
>
>