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Tin-Top: Astra H wheel alignment ??
mcerd1 - 6/9/11 at 09:29 PM

Anyone got the front wheel alingment settings for a 55 plate astra estate, 1.7D if that makes any odds

the haynes book says take it to a specialist and I don't have access to an autodata thats upto date enough for it

cheers
-Robert

[Edited on 6/9/2011 by mcerd1]

daviep - 6/9/11 at 10:00 PM

From Autodata

Toe in 0mm plus or minus 1.18mm (0 degrees plus or minus 10mins)
Camber 0.5dergress Negative plus or miuns 0.75degree
Castor 3.5 degrees plus or minus 1degree

Setting should be carried out with 70 kg of weight on each of the driver and passenger seats/floors.

HTH

Davie

mcerd1 - 7/9/11 at 07:04 AM

thanks


I don't really see whats so 'specialist' about that - these haynes manuals are getting worse all the time

Ninehigh - 7/9/11 at 07:23 AM

quote:
Originally posted by mcerd1
thanks


I don't really see whats so 'specialist' about that - these haynes manuals are getting worse all the time


I think it's not so much the settings rather the actual adjusting and the fact that when the average berk looks at "plus or minus a tenth of a degree" well I'm holding no confidence in "that looks right"

mcerd1 - 7/9/11 at 07:52 AM

^^ you mean a 6th of a degree

I know what you mean with some cars but +/- 1.18mm is actually a bigger tolerance than my focus and its listed in its book
(on the other hand my mums 206SW has a tolerance of +/- 0.25mm )

[Edited on 7/9/2011 by mcerd1]

britishtrident - 7/9/11 at 11:40 AM

Specialist thats one grade lower than tyre fitter ----- ;-)

britishtrident - 7/9/11 at 11:42 AM

quote:
Originally posted by mcerd1
^^ you mean a 6th of a degree

I know what you mean with some cars but +/- 1.18mm is actually a bigger tolerance than my focus and its listed in its book
(on the other hand my mums 206SW has a tolerance of +/- 0.25mm )

[Edited on 7/9/2011 by mcerd1]


Really all pretty rich when you consider the amount of bump steer on the average fwd car front end.