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Wheel Alignment specs by Oreif
Started on: 03-27-2000 10:41 AM
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Last post by: Phaeton on 03-28-2000 01:11 AM
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Report this Post03-27-2000 10:41 AM Click Here to See the Profile for OreifClick Here to visit Oreif's HomePageSend a Private Message to OreifDirect Link to This Post
Just so people know here are the original tolerences for the Fiero wheel alignments. I know some places are saying there machines don't have them. (I think it's the newer machines). So if your having problems they can type these in manually.

Left or right front
Camber: min = -0.3* Max = 1.3*
Caster: min = 3.0* Max = 7.0*
Toe: min = -0.1* max = 0.1*

Total Front
Cross camber: min = -1.6* max = 1.6*
Cross caster: min = -2.0* max = 2.0*
Total toe: min = -0.2* max = 0.2*

Rear left or right
Camber: min = -1.5* max = -0.5*
toe: min = -0.1* Max = 0.1*

Total Rear
Total toe: min = -0.2* max = 0.2*

Note * = degrees

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Report this Post03-27-2000 05:11 PM Click Here to See the Profile for mwbackusSend a Private Message to mwbackusDirect Link to This Post
Here are the alignment specs that I have archived for the "88" suspension.

Front:

Caster -4 1/2° to 5 1/2°, 5° optimum
Camber -1/2° to 1/2°, 0° optimum
Toe in 1/16° to 1/4°

Rear:

Camber -1/2° to 1 1/2°, -1° optimum
Toe in 1/16° to 1/4°


They seemed a bit different than the specs you provided, so I thought I would include the 88 specific stuff.

Mike

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Report this Post03-27-2000 05:42 PM Click Here to See the Profile for fiero56Send a Private Message to fiero56Direct Link to This Post
Backus, two questions for you.
First, are these specs interchangeable between the coupe and GT suspensions?
And secons, how did you get the little degree symbols to appear?
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Report this Post03-27-2000 07:04 PM Click Here to See the Profile for mwbackusSend a Private Message to mwbackusDirect Link to This Post
Well, my expertise certainly does not include the art of suspension alignment, and in retrospect I should give proper credit to the original poster of this information : Neil Russillo

That said, I can see no reason why these specs would not apply to the 88 coupe since the suspension is very similar to the GT and Formula.

The degree symbol is available to any IBM keyboard. It is part of the extended ASCII character set, but one uses a keycode combination to access it. ALT 176 (hold the "alt" key down while typing these numbers on the "numeric keypad".) An alternative to windows users would be obtained through the "Character Map" application; select it from the display set for "MS Sans Serif", then copy and paste the character where needed.

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Report this Post03-28-2000 01:11 AM Click Here to See the Profile for PhaetonSend a Private Message to PhaetonDirect Link to This Post
88 coupes supposedly only use 3 degrees of castor instead of the 5 for GT's and Formula's.
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