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Steering Geometry (Wheel Alignment)



STEERING GEOMETRY

CAUTION: When checking or adjusting front or rear steering geometry, the vehicle must either have a full fuel tank or have sufficient weight placed in the vehicle's load space to give the equivalent weight of a full fuel tank. The weight must be evenly distributed at the front and the right hand side of the load space. The fuel tank capacity is 86.3 L (18.9 Imperial gallons) (22.7 US gallons). Depending on the amount of fuel in the tank, calculate the amount of weight which must be added:

^ 1 liter of fuel weighs 0.8 kg (1.7 pounds)
^ 1 Imperial gallon of fuel weighs 3.6 kg (8.0 pounds)
^ 1 US gallon of fuel weighs 3.0 kg (6.7 pounds)

Front

Castor 4°01' +/- 45'
Cross Castor 0°+/- 45' Maximum
Camber -30' +/- 45'
Cross Camber 0° +/- 45' Maximum
King Pin Inclination (KPI) 13° 54'
Total Toe -0° 10' +/- 12'

Rear

Camber -0° 30' +/- 45'
Cross Camber 0° +/-45' Maximum
Total Toe 0° 10' +/- 12'
Thrust Angle 0° 8' Maximum