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Originally Posted by stevebfl
I've got a spreader bar. I bought it to write an article about MB alignments for a trade magazine. Thirty years of first dealer then indy alignments were done successfully without it and continue the same.
In the experiments I ran using the bar I got toe differences of between .5mm and 1.2mm over five cars. Of course if you are aligning that 210 car with the bad tie rod still in place the reading would be vastly different. Any tech worth a hoot can judge the level of flex in the toe through various techniques. The acceptable range of toe variation is considerably larger than the spreader bar change in solid front ends.
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Thanks for this post! I recalled reading something to that effect but did a search and couldn't find it again. Anyway, I plan on using my calipers and just replacing the inner tie rod end WITHOUT realigning. I'm sure this too would be well within the acceptable range of toe variation.