Slowly move it in and out until you have the string just touching the front of the tire. Now take the jack stand to the front of the car and set it on the ground. Tie the other end to one of your jack stands. Then take the string and roll out about 10 - 20 feet. Go behind the front tire and tie the string around the tie rod end. Now go get 2 jack stands and a ball of string. In order to make a change, you need to loosen the tie rod and turn it to achieve the desired effect. Ideally you want about 1/16 to 1/8 of an inch of TOE IN using this method. Now do the same across the front of the tires. Try to get the tape measure on the same spot on each tire. On some cars it's more difficult to tell because of the shape of the body.Ĭrawl underneath and using a tape measure, measure from tire to tire across the rear of the tires. In really bad cases you will be able to see toe in or toe out. Park the car on a nice level surface and turn the steering wheel until it is straight. Trying to break on a bumpy road will cause the car to dart from side to side. Under braking and on bumpy roads, this condition gets far worse. If you have too much TOE IN or TOE OUT, the car becomes very unstable and won't like to go straight. TOE OUT is the opposite, the wheels are trying to steer away from each other. The wheels are trying to steer towards each other. TOE IN means the fronts of the wheels are closer to each other then the backs of the wheels. Toe comes in 2 flavors.TOE IN and TOE OUT. You need to get the shim chart and make sure you have the correct number of shims in the correct places. On the link pin front beam, the camber is set with the link pin shims. Too much negative and it turns in too quick which may cause the rear of the car to break away. Too much positive and the car tends to push or slide and not turn when you turn the steering wheel. If the wheels lean out at the top like this \ / this is called POSITIVE CAMBER.Ĭamber has a direct effect on how well the car turns in. If the wheels lean in at the top like this / \ this is called NEGATIVE CAMBER. Camber is the angle in which the wheels stand. The only difference is you need to also set your camber with the eccentric in place of the shims.įirst you need to understand the 3 parameters of a front end alignment so you can understand what you need to do. Here is info I have passed along mostly for the king & link pin guys, but this will also apply to alignment of the ball joint cars once the beam is assembled and installed. The only thing you may have to send out is having the new ball joints pressed into the trailing arms. Got tools and a brain cell? If so, you can do this your self and save a lot of cash. I did my own balljoint replacement but paid 68 for an alignment.I did have to run home and download the alignment specs (toe in, etc.) for the tire store however. for the labor plus $70 for the alignment. I bought new ball joints, an adjustable beam, disk brakes with dropped spindles, shocks, tie rods and leaves.what does assembly run? Hey just wondering about how much it costs to get a front end assembled and aligned. Posted: Sun 7:22 pm Post subject: Front end alignment Quick sort: Show newest posts on top | Show oldest posts on top
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