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0h..I forgot to ask: is it better to do the adjustment with the front wheels resting on the ground or off the ground?

Hi,
On my R19 TL (Energy - no power steering), I tried to adjust the toe-out in this way, but no success: I tried to turn the track rod with a spanner; the rod and ball joint turned as much as the ba ...

No power steering. Ok I will try that, eventhough the alt did seem to come to a definate mettalic stop, going about 75% of the cut-out, but I couldn't see what was stopping it.
Thank you.

So, in this case the 3:15pm position on the wheel rims should be 6,2mm wider than then the 2:45pm position? Is it very critical to be exactly 6,2 mm? I will probably try the old vacuum cleaner tubes.. ...

It's the energy 1,4 engine (R19TL)

Right ..I'm sure I did that because I used a 16 mm spanner. (in any case I could only find 2 nuts to loosen) The alternator did move , but not enough to remove the belt. It came to a metalic stop. So ...

hmmm...I think the last time I did a toe in adjustment (on another car), I measured the distance between the back of the front wheel rims, which had to be x mm more than the distance between the same ...

hmmm...I think the last time I did a toe in adjustment (on another car), I measured the distance between the back of the front wheel rims, which had to be x mm more than the distance between the same ...

I had my front bearings changed by a garage and got the car back with the steering wheel slightly off center. Then I discovered that the wheel alingment is out too. But I don't know the toe -in (or i ...

I *tried* to change the belt on the water pump. Is it called a fan belt? Anyway it seems to be the only one on the R19. I loosened all the nuts and bolts I could find and the belt became very loose, b ...

Well....hmm..failed the inspection once again. So I just got a piece of plastic tube etc and got hold of a passer by to pump the brakes and bled them. Here in Spain they allow a 30% difference of brak ...

Ok...here's the lowdown. I tried pulling the handbrake up gently and it didn't show anything...In fact if anything, the car pulled very slightly to the *wrong* side.
Anyway I got more brave and did ...

Great, now I just need to find a quiet piece of road (not so easy in Barcelona) to do that handbrake stunt an' measure the black lines. I don't suppose there's any easier of checking for balancing? Th ...

Thanks for fast reply. Actually the pistons and shoes are only a year old, and with less than 10,000Kms. So I assume that adjusting the shoes manually will also improve the balance of both the hand br ...

Hi,
My Renault 19 TSE failed the annual MOT test because the back (drum) brakes are unbalanced. The brakes test report was as follows:
left-side: 1860/1510 N
right-side: 1750/ 800 N
And the hand ...