So this past week I needed to replace the tie rod ends in our 01 Sentra. One of the boots recently cracked and the other was well on its way to busting through after 45,000 miles. This is where I am just grasping a concept for some reason.
Apparently tie rod adjustments are translated through the whole Rack and pinion assembly? IE: I can't set the drivers to 2mm toe in and the pax to 2mm toe out individually, all adjustments are added together.
I need to find a working diagram or something. I understand how toe, camber, caster and all that work. I just envision Toe as being set at a fixed point so if I set the pax side to 10deg toe-out it would stay, then I could set the drivers to 15 deg toe-in if I so desired.
Yes yes, i could just take this all to an alignment shop but then where would the fun be in that? I plan on messing with this and getting it to a point where I am happy with the steering feel and alignment that I can measure, then have it checked by a shop to see how close I am. Before they had lasers all anyone had were straight edge's and strings.