fiesta courier

"ronniboy" wrote

A warning to us all.

Never, ever offer money for a car if you have not actually seen it.

Most ford's are parallel, but I'm sure somebody will be along with the exact figures...

between -4.5 and + 0.5

Remind me never to let you do tracking.

I always set them exactly parallel or *very* slightly toe out. (FWD)

Tim..

well that is what autodata says, personally I use a drive over plate thingy.

mrcheerful

Not mine.

Different models, slightly different settings: eg fiesta courier 94 - 95 1.6 is -4.5 - +0.5

some are -2 - + 3 etc,

so all have a total tolerance of 5 mm so it is not too critical on one of these, ie everything flops about so much accuracy is not too important.

After changing suspension bits I usually drive it over the plate and check it is very close to the centre, ie no toe in or out, if it is something expensive or good then I usually run it into a local tyre place with the four wheel laser setup.

mrcheerful

Thanks for your help but I can't get the bloody nut undone broke two spanners already cheers

No, that's -4.5 +/- 0.5, i.e the range of -5.0 to -4.0 is acceptable.

I think you will find that:

N equals negative (toe in) P equals positive (toe out)

plus over minus is the allowable variation from a setting

the autodata shows an N maximum to a P maximum (depending on which model you look at ! ) or a plus minus from a setting figure (again depending on model)

but whatever the OP can't even undo the tracking nuts.

To undo the nuts get a blow torch and warm the nut a bit then undo it. An alternative is to give the nut a good whack from one side while supporting the opposite side with a big lump hammer. this deforms the nut a little and may release the rust.

mrcheerful