Talk:Toe (automotive)

A little toe in or out (1/16") is desired to keep the hub bearings and other suspension linkage loaded and not wobbling (also ensures the bearings are turning and lubricating and not "skipping"). Zero toe will give slightly better milliage, but it not always desirable to have exactly zero. Slight toe-in increases stability, a little toe-our makes turn-in more agressive. 12.159.72.39 03:12, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

A little reasoning will falsify a claim made above, as well as a statement made in the main article. Anytime there is toe, whether it's in or out, the front wheels are fighting each other, causing them to lightly drag across the pavement, and loading the suspension linkage as stated above. As soon as you begin steering, the body of the car will roll opposite of the direction you're turning, due to the inertia of a moving car wanting to keep going in a straight line. This roll to the outside of the turn will place more downward force on the outside tire, giving it more influence, and causing the other tire to drag more. If the outside tire is toed away from the direction you're turning (toe-out), this will cause understeering, sluggishness, and lack of response, because it hasn't yet turned past the centerline of the vehicle. If the outside tire is toed toward the direction you're turning (toe-in), this will cause oversteering, jumpiness, and lack of stability, because it is already angled past the centerline of the vehicle. Both of these effects can be easily verified by simply adjusting the toe on your vehicle and taking it for a test ride. This reasoning is excluding any effects from significant camber. Lightsail(77) (talk) 00:54, 4 June 2022 (UTC)