David,
I've done it with sewing thread the way you describe.  If you have the
adjustable camber bushings though, you won't get a setting for camber.  That
can be done as described a week or so ago.
Glen
> I am installing a steering rack into my '79 Midget.  It is getting new tie
> rod ends.  What methods do clever listers use to align the front wheels
for toe
> in/toe out adjustment?  Short of taking the car to an alignment
specialist?  I
> was told that because the camber and castor are set that the front
alignment
> could be adequately set with a string that you run along the rear wheel
then
> adjust so that both horizontal tire surfaces of the front tire touches the
> string.  That sounds reasonable, with a back-up check of the difference
between
> the rear of the front tires and the front of the front tires.  Any
thoughts or
> other methods?
>
> --David C.
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