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Old 12-06-2025, 10:02 PM   #1
Bazooka Joe
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Default Toe in adjustment on stock front end 40 Ford car

How do you adjust the toe in, spec. call for a 1/16” maximum. I have a good bit more.

There is no backup nut, like on modern cars, all I see is two clamps on each side of the tie rod. I get it that needs to be loosened, then what happens, you turn the bar one way or the other? What about the drag link, how does that figure in?

Does it need to be removed from the steering box pitman arm as there is no clamp where it connects to the pitman arm, or I need to knock it out with a splitter by the passenger side arm that the tie rod hooks, and you turn the drag link itself then reinstall and secure also?

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