Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Morgan Three Wheeler & Super 3 Toe in/out - fast and dirty tutorial

I just know this subject has been talked into the ground but my brain keeps hitting the brickwall on searches...

What is a good fast and dirty way to get the steering right. I'm thinking two straight boards hugging the front wheels and a tape measure. Would I go for zero degrees?

My fronts are getting scalloped and I would like to keep them a little longer.

Just keep a sharp watch on tyre wear and adjust tracking in or out to even out tyre wear.

Just go to a tyre dealer and have them set the tracking correctly. I went for parallel and I like it. Should cost peanuts too...

Is this tricky on the 3ws??

Nope!

This is how I did it:

1) Turn steering wheel from lock to lock and extablish the straight-ahead wheel position. I stuck some masking tape on the steering wheel to make this easier.
2) Starting on one side, measure from centre of tyre tread to chassis rail on both leading edge & trailing edge of tyre.
3) Adjust the trackrod end to make the above two measurements as close as possible.
4) Repeat on the other side.
5) Tighten everything up, re-centre steering wheel and double check your measurements.
6) Double-check that all nuts are tightened up!

This worked for me. I especially noticed the improved stability when turning in under braking (compared to the original twitchiness due to excessive toe-out which had been set at the factory...) Tyre wear has become more even too. However, I'm sure that some people will prefer a bit of toe-out or toe-in. At least on the M3W everything is accessible so making & tweaking adjustments is quick & easy.

on my MG TC I simply took a tape measure between the rims half way up at the rear of the front rims (not tyres) and compared it to doing the same at the front half way up.. I had 1/2 in toe out so I adjusted it to 1/4 toe in... made lots of difference..now steers in a straight line!

gunsons make a simple drive over device called trackrite which is superb

Old trad four wheeled Morgans with a steering box are easy.

Get the front wheels parallel - you can see it if you look properly from one side to other. Then toe in till you can just see it. For models that are 2-5mm in at the rims, that should then be fine.

Jack up front, ensure box centre is wheels pointed ahead - if not, reposition clamp till it is. You should just be able to feel a stiffer turning point at the box centre/straight ahead position.

Then drive car to tyre place that checks for free - shouldn't need anything doing...

Hi Michael,
I have the gunnson track rite and it works ok. The method I trust the most is to run the car back and forth a bit to center the steering (actually, it locks with the wide spline on top and I call that centered). I made up two clamp-on 4 foot bars out of aluminum channel (very straight) and I center them on the tires and the measure the ends front and back. I adjust each side in equal amounts until it is where I want it. It is the same as your two straight boards but done in metal. I go for zero toe as that's what the Empire kit recommended.
Roland