Thanks Dick, adjusting for inflation that information is probably worth
50 cents by now but it is still great advice and I'll give it a shot
today.
Stan
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Sally or Dick Taylor
Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 1:50 AM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Getting rear wheels aligned....
Stan---There is a way to do this job accurately yourself. The long way
(most accurate) requires picking up the centerline of the car's frame,
front and rear, and dropping down a plumb bob. Snap a chalked string
down, and measure equally to an outside line. From these (outside) lines
you can then measure back in to the wheels, and shim them to the toe you
want.
Quicker, which can still get you very close, is to point the front tires
dead ahead. (A short run to your work area can establish this) Then run
a taut string from the front of the car to the rear of the car, on both
sides. Use four jack stands to hold string positions. The strings should
be parallel lines, about a foot off the floor..
Taking the two different tracks (front and rear) into consideration,
measure in from the string to the front and back of each tire. The
difference between the string and the wheel is the amount of toe you
have.
This is a lot of words to describe what can be shown more simply in a
sketch, but I hope you get the gist of this.
I got this out of a Grassroots Motor Sport issue about 15 years ago, and
have been usig it ever since. It is called the "10 cent string
alignment".
Dick
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