Tech Feature: Steering Linkage Service Fresno CA
Worn ball-joint tie rod ends create another safety liability issue for shops. If the joint is worn to the point it won’t maintain an accurate toe-in angle, it should be replaced. If the joint is worn beyond existing factory specifications, it should also be replaced. In addition, it’s imperative to replace any joint that’s been repaired with epoxy injection kits or hardware that purportedly compensates for excessive wear.
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Although most technicians take steering linkages for granted, it pays to review the basics. Tire wear is affected most by the toe angle adjusted into the steering linkage. To illustrate, about 0.060” of toe angle theoretically creates about seven feet of tire scrub in one mile of driving. A slight amount of toe angle is usually required to compensate for deflection in the steering linkage and for slight changes in ride height and suspension geometry. In reality, positive or negative toe angle should deflect to zero as the vehicle is loaded and reaches road speed.
Excessive positive toe angle or “toe-in” in a front suspension driven on a flat road normally causes the front tires to wear on the outside edges. Similarly, negative toe angle or “toe-out” causes the front tires to wear on the inside edges. A crowned road changes that pattern with toe-in wearing the outside of the passenger side front tire and toe-out wearing the inside of the driver’s side front tire. In either case, an appropriate “feather edge” can be detected in such situations by lightly drawing one’s fingertips across the tread of the tire.
STEERING LINKAGE LIABILITIES
At the outset, let’s remember that a failure in the steering linkage can cause a catastrophic loss of driver control and result in huge potential legal liability for the shop that previously serviced the linkage. Because steering linkage is made from hardene... |
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