Fastrax review and alignment questions for the pros.
Ok, I'm an idiot.
But no one caught it.
Or, at least was too polite to point it out.
So either way, thank you or shame on you.
We are way smarter than this.
(Apparently Rusty didn't view this thread or I would have be severely called out.)
I was putting them on wrong.
Well, maybe there is not a right way.
But this worked way better.
I noticed my tires had begun to wear on the outside instead of the inside as before.
When mounting the Fastrax this other way, I found too much toe in.
It was more than 1/8.
Forget what though.
I'm still figuring this alignment thing out, so bear with me.
After much tweeking and a little twerking I got it down to 2/16 and tried to take another 1/16 inch out of it.
Maybe I did, but I was running out of time.
More will probably follow as I use them more.
Again, where does one measure when the tires are bigger than what came on the car?
Who knows?
All I can say is I can not see how doing this with a piece of string or measuring the tire tread would really work very well.
It's really sensitive.
And I would be crawling under string?
This time I confirmed the fixtures were on correctly by measuring.
But they still are knocked off easily by your head.
I managed to do it once on either side while crawling under to adjust the tie rods.
More will probably follow as I use them more.
Ok, I'm an idiot.
But no one caught it.
Or, at least was too polite to point it out.
So either way, thank you or shame on you.
We are way smarter than this.
(Apparently Rusty didn't view this thread or I would have be severely called out.)
I was putting them on wrong.
Well, maybe there is not a right way.
But this worked way better.
I noticed my tires had begun to wear on the outside instead of the inside as before.
When mounting the Fastrax this other way, I found too much toe in.
It was more than 1/8.
Forget what though.
I'm still figuring this alignment thing out, so bear with me.
After much tweeking and a little twerking I got it down to 2/16 and tried to take another 1/16 inch out of it.
Maybe I did, but I was running out of time.
More will probably follow as I use them more.
Again, where does one measure when the tires are bigger than what came on the car?
Who knows?
All I can say is I can not see how doing this with a piece of string or measuring the tire tread would really work very well.
It's really sensitive.
And I would be crawling under string?
This time I confirmed the fixtures were on correctly by measuring.
But they still are knocked off easily by your head.
I managed to do it once on either side while crawling under to adjust the tie rods.
More will probably follow as I use them more.