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If you are not physically diminished (I am and especially now) you can align it yourself. You need something for turning plates, google that, there are many ways. You need something to measure wheel/ tire tilt AKA "camber" and you can easily calculate caster. Or pony up and buy a caster camber gauge. You need a way to measure tow, also several ways to do so. Tow is especially easy if you can drum up a "helper" for a few minutes.
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WHAT YOU NEED
1...A flat place to work. I did mine by !!! leveling up !!! my car trailer !!! and using that for a work platform, "alignment rack."
2...You need a CAMBER gauge. This is nothing more than an accurate level from which you can figure degrees of tilt. You can buy these all over the place. You can make your own or buy them reasonably. I found an old Ammco caster camber gauge on CL with some other stuff
My old Ammco gauge
You are ACTUALLY measuring CAMBER. CASTER is derived by measuring the difference in camber change when turning the wheels out and then in. Very very very simple.
You turn the wheels out 20 degrees by means of a simple protractor. You measure the camber. You turn them IN 20 degrees and again measure camber. Take the difference between the two, and multiply by 1.5 This is your CASTER figure.
For radials you want the tires IN at the top, as opposed to the OLD figures for bias tires which had the tops of the tires OUT at the tops. What you want is "negative" camber with radials
3....You need some method of turning the wheels and if you search this, (DIY alignment, etc) there are lots of ways, including pieces of greased sheet metal, using salt between tiles, I don't know what all
4...Toe: You need a method of marking the tires to obtain the rotating plane. A simple scribe made from a nail and scrap lumber works, you can mark the tire itself or pieces of masking tape. Then just use a tape front and rear of the tires, if you have two guys. I don't I "remade" a toe gauge I bought the pieces of
Nothing but a fancy tape measure:
Read this:
Turn of the screw: front end alignment for performance on classic Mopars
"What we" go by around here is the "skosh chart" at the bottom of the page
Some other links
Need help with front end -Alignment
DIY Alignment?
Doing an alignment in the driveway on a 72 scamp
Lawdie my arth - a - ritis!!!
There is TONS of caster / camber gauges available reasonably, and you can make them
https://www.google.com/search?newwi...sedr...0...1c.1.64.img..0.24.1379.DJVuA6nNi2c
If you are not physically diminished (I am and especially now) you can align it yourself. You need something for turning plates, google that, there are many ways. You need something to measure wheel/ tire tilt AKA "camber" and you can easily calculate caster. Or pony up and buy a caster camber gauge. You need a way to measure tow, also several ways to do so. Tow is especially easy if you can drum up a "helper" for a few minutes.
==========================================================
WHAT YOU NEED
1...A flat place to work. I did mine by !!! leveling up !!! my car trailer !!! and using that for a work platform, "alignment rack."
2...You need a CAMBER gauge. This is nothing more than an accurate level from which you can figure degrees of tilt. You can buy these all over the place. You can make your own or buy them reasonably. I found an old Ammco caster camber gauge on CL with some other stuff
My old Ammco gauge
You are ACTUALLY measuring CAMBER. CASTER is derived by measuring the difference in camber change when turning the wheels out and then in. Very very very simple.
You turn the wheels out 20 degrees by means of a simple protractor. You measure the camber. You turn them IN 20 degrees and again measure camber. Take the difference between the two, and multiply by 1.5 This is your CASTER figure.
For radials you want the tires IN at the top, as opposed to the OLD figures for bias tires which had the tops of the tires OUT at the tops. What you want is "negative" camber with radials
3....You need some method of turning the wheels and if you search this, (DIY alignment, etc) there are lots of ways, including pieces of greased sheet metal, using salt between tiles, I don't know what all
4...Toe: You need a method of marking the tires to obtain the rotating plane. A simple scribe made from a nail and scrap lumber works, you can mark the tire itself or pieces of masking tape. Then just use a tape front and rear of the tires, if you have two guys. I don't I "remade" a toe gauge I bought the pieces of
Nothing but a fancy tape measure:
Read this:
Turn of the screw: front end alignment for performance on classic Mopars
"What we" go by around here is the "skosh chart" at the bottom of the page
Some other links
Need help with front end -Alignment
DIY Alignment?
Doing an alignment in the driveway on a 72 scamp
Lawdie my arth - a - ritis!!!
There is TONS of caster / camber gauges available reasonably, and you can make them
https://www.google.com/search?newwi...sedr...0...1c.1.64.img..0.24.1379.DJVuA6nNi2c
