Thrust Angle: Adjustment

When exceeding the tolerance, adjust it as follows.

Make thrust angle adjustments by turning toe-in adjusting bolts of rear suspension equally in the same direction.
When one rear wheel is adjusted in a toe-in direction, adjust the other rear wheel equally in toe-out direction, in order to make thrust angle adjustment.
When left and right adjusting bolts are turned incrementally by one graduation in the same direction, the thrust angle will change approximately 15' ["L" is almost equal to 11 mm (0.46 in)].
Thrust angle:

0°+/-20' (adjustment standard)

[Less than 20' when "L" is equal to or less than 15 mm (0.59 in).]

NOTE: Thrust angle refers to a mean value of left and right rear wheel toe angles in relation to vehicle body center line. Vehicle is driven straight in the thrust angle direction while swinging in the oblique direction depending on the degree of the mean thrust angle.

Fig 1: Identifying Thrust Angle

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Thrust angle: r = ("ALPHA" - "BITA")/2

"ALPHA": Right rear wheel toe-in angle

"BITA": Left rear wheel toe-in angle

NOTE: Here, use only positive toe-in values from each wheel to substitute for "ALPHA" and "BITA" in the equation.

Fig 2: Identifying Front And Body Center Line

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