Toe

What should I set my toe in at?
Stock front axle, 2.5" BDS springs, Mcruff's 4° caster shims, 33x10.50R15 tires.

 

1/8" always worked well for me.

 

I think 1/16" to 3/32" was in the FSM, but 1/8" wouldn't scare me.

 

I was never good enough with the string method to get it much better than 1/8"

 

Mines somewhere between 1/16-1/8 best I can do in the garage. Seems fine

 

I'm getting done in the shop where I work so it's an actual alignment machine.

 

Yeh, but it's still a Jeep.

 

shops around here charge the same for cars/trucks
even if the only thing they could set is toe in

 

I always did my own cause I'm frugal. Worked great for me. It can be a bit time consuming though.

 

Doesn't it say in the FSM to make the front straight with the rear and turn the tie rod ends in a quarter turn each? Seams to me I read that some where, not sure about quarter turn but something like that. Good Luck.

 

1/8" has always worked for me and yes you do need to align front to rear so fronts are pointed straight ahead and roll back and forth a bit to settle things in.scripe a line in center of tread best you can with sharp screwdriverand measure from that pointside to side. The above post may be to get you close for a starting point. Don't really know. mike

 

I always raised the tires off the ground and marked the center line with chalk. Set the toe at 1/8" with a string. Set back on the ground, roll forward and back a few times. Repeat step one multiple times.

 

This kind of modern equipment displays lots of precision, which looks good on the readout. I always wonder if that translates to accuracy.

I once paid a shop to align my steering - then found a tie rod end that had about 1/4" play in it.

Remember the Hubble Telescope? Extreme precision, but made to the totally wrong spec.

 

I got a van back from alignment with the steering wheel off-center. When I complained they told me it was "the frame of the van was crooked."

I had to explain to them why that is horse-puckey - that no matter how f-ed up the frame might be, the wheel could be centered.