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Rear toe needs alignment - shim suggestions?

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by Mavi, May 24, 2016.

  1. Mavi

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    So my rear and front toe is off and is causing inside wear on the rear tire. I want to add a shim to fix it as the rear axle would be too costly to change.

    Anyone have any suggestions? Also how much would I need to fix the rear? I'll be getting them aligned after the rear is fixed.
    Thanks.
     

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    Thanks but I did already. All the examples show the toe in at .30 or higher. Mine is below 0.03 on both rears. Not sure if a shim as increase toe as most of the examples just decrease toe. Any ideas?
     
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    So I shimmed the left rear wheel for +.70 toe in using the ezshim, (alignment check place was -0.55 before and another location was -.07). Now i did another check and it came up with -.20 still. So I figure i'll be adjusting a further -.02 toe in.

    The camber is great on both the rears so i'm good on those.

    I've had multiple tests done and got diff results on the rear right toe. 1st test was 0.15 toe which is within spec, 2nd test was 0.00, and 3rd was like -0.1. So i'm kind of lost on what to do with it. Is a 0.00 rear toe a bad thing or should i adjust it a further +0.15 to bring it to the middle of the spec?

    Before doing the rear left shim with +0.7 toe and -.15 camber:
    20160602_122725.jpg

    After doing it:

    20160601_163751.jpg

    Any advice on whether to do the rear right side as well for more toe in
     
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