16 inch front wheels on a TC

[John Cockrem]

Does anyone have any thoughts on whether the "toe in" with 16s should be the same as 19s. A friend`s TC with 16s actually had toe out(since rectified) and the outside of the tyres were scrubbing, I would have thought the inside edge would scrub out under those circumstances. The car is fitted with radials.
My car is fitted with the same brand radials, and despite a wheel alignment which I hope was OK, my tyres are scrubbing out on the outside as well. I don't seem to remember this happening with cross plys all those years ago.

[antijam]

Could be a camber problem rather than toe-in. Radials fitted to a car designed for cross plys usually require less camber.

[Steve Simmons]

Agreed, positive camber is likely the issue. I think if I was going to run wide radials, I would look into de-cambering the axle. You could try a bit more tire pressure to round the tire a bit more. Not that this is normally good practice but it could help the issue without having to bend the axle. And it may lighten the steering a bit as well. Just guessing on my part though.

[John Cockrem]

G`day Antijam and Steve, The comment by you boys re TCs not being set up for radials makes sense. Nor sure about my mate, but I think the next set of tyres on 2268 will be cross plies. Not too keen about bending the axle! Thank you both for the advice.