1979 rear wheel adjustment

the tires on thid car when looking from behind look to toe out is there an adjustment or is this normal for a independant suspention system

That can be a bear, the old GM shims in the frame pockets, that are added/subtracted from inside/outside each trailing arm, are how the toe in is set for either side.....

over the decades, they are mostly changed out for stainless shims....but you still have to battle the bolt, and that's all subject to rust, and so to see if the frame in that area is in good shape or not, many are NOT.....

it can turn into a battle ROYAL....mainly due to age and climate conditions.....

:hunter::club::clobbered:

as bad as it may sound: if your front trailing arms bolts and shims are all rusted solid, take a sawzall to it and cut right thru the shims and the bolts....

ok, now that the worst part is behind you.......

with new trailing arm bushings, new bolts and stainless shims the toe adjustment is a piece of cake.....

have a good look at your strut rods and those bushings as well, usually all those bushings are shot - if your toe is out I'd suspect the camber to be out too.....

welcome to the madness !!!!!

lichtyr said:

the tires on thid car when looking from behind look to toe out is there an adjustment or is this normal for a independant suspention system

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Hold a long piece of square iron to the walls of the tires pointing forward. If it points away from the frame you have toe-out. As stated it's probably caused by the bushing on the trailing arms.

Well, let's say the description that was giving was correct, but really really short...:tomato: