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AA-ron
12-18-2022, 01:28 PM
On a MK4 roadster, the manual is says for a rough alignment the dimension between the outer tie rod ends should be 53-1/16" between ends. At that number my spindles are toed out at close to 45 degree.
First do I need to cut down the threaded section-- there's no way it will work as is.
Second, is there a reason that 53-1/6" number is so far off-- I'm guessing it's probably closer to 49 or 50" after eyeing it.

rich grsc
12-18-2022, 02:43 PM
spindle arms on the wrong side?

AA-ron
12-18-2022, 04:32 PM
Uhg... I figured it out. I had the arms reversed and upside down. Pretty much I had them as wrong as possible.