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Old 12-14-2011 | 08:57 AM
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I used to change the tie rod ends on my Ford Tempo commuter car and set the toe, myself. Not extraordinarily hard to do but without the precision of a big machine it was necessary to make some minor readjustments to get it correct.
There is a pretty narrow window on toe adjustment before too much toe chews up the outside of your tires. The factory max is really about it.

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Old 12-14-2011 | 04:58 PM
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this is what you do,,figure out your tougue weight with each trailer, load the back of the bed with the desired weight, add a set of rear air bags,go to the aleignment shop and add air to the bags until the aleignment shows the factory specs and remember the amount of air per trailer...makes a huge differance..
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Old 12-14-2011 | 06:33 PM
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I highly doubt that the weight of your new 29 Islander will even move the alignment out of spec. It maybe has a 1000lbs of tongue weight and will barely make the rear drop.
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