I've done alignments for twenty years. I want to add a few things. First: This will only adjust total toe. Not camber or caster. But total toe is the biggest tire wearing angle. Second: Make sure the car not jacked up(normal ride height when making adjustments). You can scribe a line with chalk while rotating the tires to get a more accurate measurement. Third: After adjusting this way, the steering wheel will likely be crooked. To get it straight, test drive it. Which every way the steering wheel is off, adjust BOTH wheels in that direction EQUALLY(Same number of turns on the tie rods. One side tightened in, the other loosened out). In other words, if the steering wheel is to the left, adjust the wheels to the left. This will take some trial and error. After the steering wheel is straight, it wouldn't hurt to recheck your total toe.

Probably the best most simple video, hell yeah

Liked it. Very easy very nicely explained thanks.

Yes, my boss had pads to dry front wheels on,, jack up car,, paint a line of paint on the center of the tire, move your pointer to tire spin tire, spin tire,, scribe a line in paint while it is still wet,, set your car back down on the movable pads, set your toe in bar under car, measure front and rear of tire,, with toe in bar, perfect!! No computers to worry if their calibrated, and we had a bubble magnetic attachment that would center on front brake disc, after you pulled the grease cap off, perfect, you always knew it was right!!! Other alignment shop had latest computer fixed alignment gear , and a new computer tire balancer,, the we never new if it was calibrated,, I remember the techs would come to calibrate, both tools,, but we never knew if they were right or not! The old mechanic had tire balancer would work off a strobe spark that was all mechanical,, no wondering if your tire balancer was working correctly,, the old man mechanic had those tools,,, they were always right!! Someone went backwards there when thought they were going forwards with Hi-Tech computer stuff,!!! The old guy knew his automatic transmissions too,, !!! Brake jobs, had his own home to hone wheel cyli ders,, own brake lathes,, turn out excellent brake jobs for just over hundred dollars,, every day!! Engine rebuilds,, expanded pistons, put rings and bearings, valve jobs on well cleaned original engine parts,,, I would tune up those engines a year or so later,, we always took a compression test,,, those engines were as good as new,,, !!! His prices were incredibly reasonable,!! Those were all still American cars,, I don't know if new cars can be rebuilt like that anymore,, The Old Mechanic had it down!!!

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very good video !!! thanks .. its good to see someone that knows what they are doing ,, great mechanic !!

I used the back tires and some string to align the front.

Thanks foe the information. It very useful specially after changing the tie end rods. Car on full weight.

never align a car with the suspension hanging. the angles change with the height. remember this: castor>camber>toe. one affects the next. so if the suspension is hanging, its sure to be at an extreme (+) camber. toe getting adjusted at this point is mostly useless. as soon as vehicle is lowered to normal ride height the camber goes (-) and throws off the toe angle. the affect will vary per vehicle depending on the locations of the control arms and tie rods, so this method can still help, but i wouldnt trust it.

Neat idea, but which wheel is actually too far out or which is too far in? Only way you can know that is comparing them with the rear wheels.

Due to wheel diameter numbers will vary depending on where measurement is taken. Aren't factory specs referenced to spindle center?

Tutobuild, Very basic but many thanks

Measure the center of the rear wheels and then the front. Toe it in according to spec. Center the steering wheel counting the turns from full left to full right. Stop in the middle. Get OTC steering wheel holder or have someone to hold it. Check steering parts for wear first. Replace the whole rack unit with outter tie rods.

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Never lift your car when you do this it will pull the wheels apart and make the setup look like it is towards toe out so when you change it and lower the car to the ground you will get a overcompensated toe in setup. What you do is you do it on the ground after you push the car forward a couple of meters.

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Awesome! Thankyou

Good effort , thanks for sharing .

the video is actually not as bad as people are acting like it is... ... the only thing is that you want the vehicle at a normal ride height when adjusting toe in... if your car is eating tires.. this will probably help you out... i would of jacked it up to check the play and inspect for loose parts... then set it back down to adjust toe in

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Thnks for the video it really helps

Nice clip + nice idea!!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!!!! :]

The tie rod should be adjusted both side equally on either side for correct alignment

ooh,what a work,,this days there is a lot of technology computerized wheel alignment ,,but its good when practiced at home, you can do it by yourselve,anyway its a good video

It's interesting, but I need to clarify the important one. Is it alienated on one side first and then the other side? Because if the car is misaligned on both sides, I think you have to do the same procedure on both tires. clarify me please.

thanks for the information

Good fu**ing video I actually did it using this video an it helped car rides hella better!!!

Thanx this is good.

How do you determine which side to adjust?

Perfect...it really helped

This DIY repair quite good for temproary use until you visiting the alignment shop with the alignment machine,it's quite usefull after changing the Tie rod end or the whole stearing rack.....better than nothing,huhuhu......even the hangging not really accurate to alignment....anywany it was nice video......good job

how do we know which one of the left or right need to adjust the tie rod end?

Good manual practice.

Ok my trailer is pulling to the right must I loosen the right side on the springs and move it forward or backwards to make it run stait

i just did my truck with fish line and string im right on the money 1/6 th toe in and my steering wheel is perfect

Since the track rod on the left wheel was loosened and adjusted accordingly, it is pressumed that the track rod of the right wheel is perfectly aligned! Is this right?

All accurate wheel alignments are done with all wheels on the ground, your method would work done without jacking the car, doing the cross measurements so long as you mark equal distances from centre of hub, then do cross measurements. I align cars for Bridgestone and we never lift cars wheels off ground to align.

I've done something similar to this. The issue is you don't know which wheel is out of alignment. At some point just adjusting one side could make the measurements within spec, but the wheels could still be turned if the steering wheel is straight. Both sides have to be adjusted to come within spec, which this didn't explain. You can't just do one side, unless by chance you get lucky and that one side is the one out of spec. Obviously if you changed a tie rod or another suspension component on one side you already know which side is out of alignment.

Never attempt to do wheel alignment with the car jacked up. You can see from the angle of the tie rods that jacking the car greatly affects the toe-in so if you adjust for the correct toe-in with the car jacked up, you will have grossly inaccurate toe-in with weight on wheels.

Dies it matter which side that you adjust the tie rod on?

how do you know which side to do the track rod adjustment?

the board could be bent, the only way that i know of home car alignment is , counting the threads behind the lock nut, this way you will get both wheels strait, with a strait staring wheel, some Honda are 9 threads both wheels, the thirds have to be the same amount on the 2 tire-rod, behind the lock nut, left over threads, take a steel brush clean the threads real good even with a little wd, then take a plastic screw box, cut off the smallest plastic flap , you need to stick the plastic right down to get that first thread, plastic a bit to count them good , slide the plastic on the threads it will make a clicking noise when passing over each thread , i know if you have the right amount of threads when your doing your liniment, and i know , that your staring wheel will be strait , and your wheels will be in line ,never get under a car thats not a safe place to be, make sure it's safe, and when losing lock nuts, thy need to be tight again good and snug.

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nice video

good good man

are you only turning one steering wheel? or on the other side too? because you can't see it in the video

Very nice

mind you it can be done like that, yes it will align wheels but some cars have a bit toe in or toe out. Find out the info for your vehicle and you can use some torpedo levels for add accurcy

Very good

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Ok so you just align one wheel. How do I know it wasn't the other one who was hooked? Could it be both ????? and since you are just aligning one side then your steering wheel will probably be crooked

How to identify which tyre to be adjust

I did mine with strings on both sides, towed both sides 2 millimeter in and I'm driving for years like that with no problems, tires are wearing out even.

I the string wheel is the most accurate or us the gutter bash wheels on gutter works good i

i would check if toe is correct after you put car on the ground also

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If we stay in africa or cuba, probably they use this method. This simple, and solve many situations...

Driverside rear tire is overinflated; can see daylight on either side of a rail of tread touching the pavement.

So easy, even a caveman can do it.

How do you know which side to do

its ok but wich one tire the targit for seeting ,only one tire are two

Before computerised wheel alignment was done this way.

Its ok but wich tire is a wrong lift or right

Need to do it at ride height like it is when it does down the road when you jack it up the alignment angle's change. Not sure why you would do videos if you don't know what your going?

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Jacking up the vehicle is the worst mistake to adjust wheel alignment Vehicle must be on the floor driven forward a short distance to get it laiden When you jack the car up you changing the geometry completely

How do you know which of the 2 wheels I need move?

This is only toe adjust.. question no.1 how can we decide which side toe adjust to be done? And what about camber and caster adjust???

Why dont you use cable ties insted of wire???

Only string can make a perfect toe in toe out

How most people survive past 40 without catastrophic injuries is beyond me, lol.

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Perfect 🤙that how we did before

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omg use string or fish line

On ground, both sides plus steering wheel locked by seat belts will give much more accurate result.

I'd like my steering wheel to be centered,,, How do I know whether if it's the left or the right side that I should adjust? Thank you for the reply.

yes remove the jack stands before you drive

Your job is correct but you have to correct the using level listed grond level

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Bad info , suppose to do this with the weight of the vehicle on the ground.

The hard part would be finding 2 sticks that are straight.

not correct method if one side difference is three milli and other side one then this will go wrong

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How do you know which side fault? Maybe right side fault you adjusting left side.

I wonder if I should try this ?

Never measure off of the tire run a string back to front and measure of of the hubs.

Next replace and install matching hub caps

With this method, how do you know which wheel to adjust? 😆😂

It's a good method just to be in the ball park, but after doing this it is necessary to take the vehicle to a professional.

Podesavanje se ne moze precizno uraditi ako je auto na dizalici! Podesavanje se mora izvrsiti kada je vozilo na tockovima znaci ne sme biti podignuto na dizalici zato sto se smanji medjuosovinski raspon i obavezno mora biti na rotirajucim plocama za centriranje trapa pa tek onda uraditi podesavanje!

Video production tips: Don't waste 60 seconds showing us how to do something and then waste another 60 seconds to show us the same thing on the other side. This 10 minute video should have been edited down to about 4 minutes. Technical Tip: Don't make a video that shows people how to do something the wrong way.

The measurement at front is supposed to be 1 millemetre less. Half mill in on either side

This method might give your car a dog tracking drive

the wood should be center of the hub !!! just saying

My tires are so toed in the inside is worn smooth while the outside looks still looks newer. This is the first alignment video I've seen that I feel like trying. Thanks.

this is the most complicated video I ever see in my life

Just use two measuring tapes.