johnny.race Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Has anyone had any experience putting 'toe in' into a live axle (diff)? Hows it done? How'd you measure it and how'd you go with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adoom Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 I've had it done. They put it on a wheel alignment machine, then use a gas welder to heat spots along the back or front of the axle tube. AFAIK, heating the front of the tube then letting it cool makes that side shrink the tiniest amount and gives you toe-in. It takes only a tiny bit of shrinking to change the toe angle. I don't know who might do it. Ron Scanlan did mine years ago, but he is not with us anymore. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfashark Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Try and find someone involved with the Mainland Muscle Car series - I remember from my long nights working in a servo, I read a bit in Aussie Muscle Car mag about how the various teams in the 70s in the Aussie Touring Car champs would tweak live axles using the methods Adoom mentioned above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny.race Posted June 29, 2019 Author Share Posted June 29, 2019 Yep, ta for this. I had a gut feeling about saying no to this. Someone asked me if I would do it for them. Glad I said nup. Cool. Ta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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