Hey all,

Any one know what the wheel alignment settings, chamber, toe and castor should be on a 2013 Skoda Octavia VRS Estate petrol 20L, 220bhp?

I'm guessing all square at the rear and left offset by some degree at the front?

Any steer, no pun intended, greatly appreciated. 

Cheers Folks, Gaz

Welcome.

 

If there is nothing to help in this then there will be other threads no doubt that will come up with a 'search'.  

TDI though.

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/462957-vrs-mk3-alignmentgeometery-settings

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/476263-failed-4-wheel-alignment-query

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/428485-4-wheel-alignment-setting-mkiii-vrs

 

Go and see the clown who was setting up my wheels on a Hunter Hawkeye who said it didn't matter which version of octavia he chose off the drop down list despite having a 4wd scout.

So he picked the first one on the list, and was suprised that I more or less had each wheel on a different continent which would need the adjustment of a tectonic plate.

Luckily his boss was on hand who obviously knew of his circus skills and stepped in 🙄

 

18 hours ago, Gazowenjones said:

I'm guessing all square at the rear and left offset by some degree at the front?

 

Rear wheels will toe in as will the front, thrust angle should be zero, there is never a stagger or offset to one side on any road vehicle, that is the domain of oval track racers.

Cheers all for the steers...and links etc. most helpful.

Can see I'm not alone in my frustrations.

Not fancying a round and round trip I'll leave the front end alone, always thought tracking was set a little to the left for safety reasons?

After this, and a lot of online searching think I'll aim for -2 camber and 0.08 toe at the rear, see how that fairs.

Some ideas around adding a little to the camber for older noisier cars.

Thanks, Gaz

50 minutes ago, Gazowenjones said:

always thought tracking was set a little to the left for safety reasons?

Ask yourself how wheel alignment could actually be "set" to one side or the other on a steered axle and you will have answered your question.

11 hours ago, J.R. said:

 

Rear wheels will toe in as will the front, thrust angle should be zero, there is never a stagger or offset to one side on any road vehicle, that is the domain of oval track racers.

 

Having just had a 4 wheel alignment done on the Yeti last week, after the rear bushes on the front wishbones were replaced by Powerflex ones, it was noted that there was slightly too much negative camber on the nearside front.  It wasn't possible to adjust this out.  I'm told that the 

VAG recommendation is to adjust the whole subframe.  More easily and probably more expensively, you can purchase adjustable strut top mounts or for about half the price of those, adjustable Powerflex bushes for the front bushing on the front wishbones.

 

In practice, I don't expect any negative effects.  It will probably serve to negate some of the camber on the roads.  It's worth noting that notwithstanding the fact that the original rear wishbone bush was completely shot, I am enjoying good results from the new poly bushes.  Turn in is much crisper than it was, even with XDS previously enabled.