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Old 10-11-2017, 02:28 PM   #1
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Thanks RandallNeighbor. When I made the appointment I told them what I'd replaced and why it needed the alignment, but I'll be sure to ask them to re-tighten things per your direction. I'm also thinking of having it towed on a flat bed rather than try to drive it. It's only 5 miles away, but all on busy roads and it reacted so unpredictably on my short neighborhood test drive that I don't think I want to go that far. For my own safety and so I don't mess up traffic.
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Old 10-11-2017, 06:16 PM   #2
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When your doing this as a DIY you should have some basic alignment verification tools to get the car close to drive-able so you can get it to a alignment safely.

An inclinometer of some type. A digital one is best. A straight bar long enough the reach front to rear, and across the tires. A carpenters square. A marker, and a ruler.

You can use these to do a simple alignment that should get you to a garage. I use these at the track if I feel I'm not tracking right or the car feels twitchy. You might be surprised how close you can come this way with a little practice.
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Old 10-11-2017, 09:02 PM   #3
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When your doing this as a DIY you should have some basic alignment verification tools to get the car close to drive-able so you can get it to a alignment safely.

An inclinometer of some type. A digital one is best. A straight bar long enough the reach front to rear, and across the tires. A carpenters square. A marker, and a ruler.

You can use these to do a simple alignment that should get you to a garage. I use these at the track if I feel I'm not tracking right or the car feels twitchy. You might be surprised how close you can come this way with a little practice.
That is true! When I rebuilt my suspension, I tried really hard to eyeball things so that at least the toe-in was close, and the camber was sort of equal. I was very gratified to get the printout from the alignment guy that showed how close I was! He told me that except for the camber on the front, everything was within factory specs!
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