Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: Paul in Houston TX <Paul@Houston.Texas>
Newsgroups: alt.home.repair,rec.autos.tech
Subject: Re: Basic front wheel alignment at home for free with the right tools
Date: Sat, 31 May 2025 23:07:59 -0500
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Lines: 26
Message-ID: <101gjni$1pm16$1@dont-email.me>
References: <101fkp1$1dcv6$1@dont-email.me> <101g9m4$1j2ns$1@dont-email.me>
 <101giu5$1pelq$1@dont-email.me>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Injection-Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2025 06:08:19 +0200 (CEST)
Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="46f5ab8a8d7512550032677d18422f99";
	logging-data="1890342"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org";	posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/cEKB703MPeZE+o9p6fkid"
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:136) Gecko/20100101
 Firefox/136.0.3 SeaMonkey/2.53.8
Cancel-Lock: sha1:WqFTruAdknUgwqSMN9uJFhNsy7o=
In-Reply-To: <101giu5$1pelq$1@dont-email.me>

Ivano Rossi wrote:
> On Sat, 31 May 2025 20:16:34 -0500, Paul in Houston TX wrote:
> 
>> A board with nails or clamps will work for toe.
> 
> The problem is getting UNDER the engine so you need a "U" shape which I was
> able to fabricate with a board with two swinging arms and a nail in the
> tip. But the toe plates seem, to me, to be easier.
> 
> But my main question was don't you measure toe with the vehicle weighted?
> The to plates I references seem to go on the calipers which is unsprung???
> 
>> A simple mechanical incline gauge works for C/C.
>> Johnson Level & Tool 700 Magnetic Angle Locator.
> 
> That looks neat, and it's inexpensive!
> https://www.amazon.com/Johnson-Level-Tool-700-Magnetic/dp/B00004T807
> 
> Do you place it against the hub with the vehicle on the ground weighted?
  Always on the ground or simulated ground level.  Weighted would be 
ideal but getting someone to sit in the driver's seat while you work on 
the car may be difficult.  Placing bags of sand in the driver's seat 
might work.  Remember, there is a specified settings _range_.  When I 
was working at the Ford and Chevy dealerships the alignment specialists 
would ask one of us to sit in the vehicle for a few min while he did the 
final check.  He was fast.