2009 Mazda 3,2.0l Wheel Alignment Help!!!!

I don't really know the answer but wouldn't it be fast enough to just adjust it and measure it again?

Davids3 said:

I don't really know the answer but wouldn't it be fast enough to just adjust it and measure it again?

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Thanks for the reply, yeah, sounds like a reasonable thing to do but it actually took me a long time to adjust both sides as I was measuring, jacking up, taking the wheels off, adjusting, putting them back on, measuring again and repeating all that again!!!

So I was trying to find out if there's a shortcut, since then, I found a useful post on the net that said the following:

Measure the thread pitch of the tie rod (this can be measured or worked out from the hex size of the tie rod or the spec)
Say the pitch was 2mm, this would mean that the toe changes by 2mm for every turn of the tie rod.

I have yet to try that & will confirm when I do. If that is accurate, it would save so much time and effort and would align the wheels pretty tight I would imagine.

Why not take it to an alignment shop as the rear also needs to be checked also for toe/camber and on a 2009 guaranteed the rear eccentric bolts are seized. Ask me how I learned this....

Milanomike said:

Why not take it to an alignment shop as the rear also needs to be checked also for toe/camber and on a 2009 guaranteed the rear eccentric bolts are seized. Ask me how I learned this....

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That would make sense but I'm trying to save a bit of money as I forked out $105 on an NTK O2 sensor just before I started doing the wheel alignment, am I right in saying that the rear accentric bolts are the bolts that adjust the toe on the rear wheels?

yeah, rear eccentrics adjust toe to the best of my knowledge. Just replaced them on my daughters car, a Sawzal with good blades was needed.

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Ok, just a followup on the wheel alignment measurements issue, I tried the pitch measurement as mentioned before & the alignment is now pretty accurate. ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅

It's still advisable to get a proper 4-wheel alignment because you'll probably subject the tires to uneven wear.