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neilly said:

So , after treating the D2 to a set of new front tyres, I thought I may as well get the tracking checked and if necessary done.

Had tyres done at Halfords, they said that their kit was not good and suggested another place. I rang around and ended up at another national tyre centre.

Told them it was a D2, they suggested 4 wheel check, I explained I only wanted the front doing.

When they drove it in the workshop one of the others piped up, We do not do them as they always come back because they have a steering box and adjusting them is really difficult. When they did them in the past they kept being brought back. Not sure what they were doing in the past.

I took a deep breath , kept calm and asked them to check anyway..... and it was within tolerance. 2 Years ago I did it with 2 pieces of 10mm studding and an adjustable sleeve.

Cheers

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Turboman said:

Making a similar manual system yourself, perhaps using long pieces of wood, with a sliding joint clamped by a nut and bolt, is probably the easiest way to go.

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neilly said:

That is what I said I did in my OP.

2 pieces of 10mm studding and an threaded sleeve to allow adjustment.

Cheers

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Turboman said:

I read it. But as you were posting about taking it to a garage this time, I assumed you no longer had the equipment.

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Bantam1 said:

Rope or string round all wheels; fore and aft of each wheel touching the string.
Close as needed.

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neilly said:

What tolerance do you apply?

Cheers

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Bantam1 said:

This how I set up the defender but near as damn it.
Tolerance? you can get it very close, its surprising.
If you get it checked its not likely to need adjustment.

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jamesmartin said:

4 wheel alignment is best just done with steering box centralised,it just needs explaining to them

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neilly said:

How do they do 4 wheel alignment on a discovery 2? please explain so I can tell the local guys.


Cheers

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flat said:

I haven’t ever looked at the rear wheels on my defender and have just set neutral toe in/out on the front wheels by measuring the distance between each wheel at the front and rear of the inner edge of the rim.
Steering box centralised. Then I use a pole to see if the steering is pointing straight ahead lined up off the back wheels. No idea if it’s accurate or not but me tyres have lasted well....

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jamesmartin said:

obviously you can alter the back but you can adjust front to suit the rear as much as possible,but using box center,often they just track wheels but its not at box center point,so then steering wheel is off then they adjust drag link to right steering wheel ,which means box is allways out

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neilly said:

Sorry , for us mere mortals , I did not understand.n how do you adjust the rear of the D2?


Cheers

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jamesmartin said:

obviously you can alter the back

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jamesmartin said:

if you read my post it says you cant,you take rears into account

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neilly said:

I suspect your previous posts say different,,

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