DIY Alignment

[Jamesp]

Metal from Home Depot.

Jig is accurate to 0.38 mm across the rim touch points. I'll dial it in closer tomorrow.

[Steelepuls]

James, that is pretty cool setup. Please post a pic of the finished product. I would love to make that for my garage.

[Jamesp]

A drill press, hack saw, Dremel tool, and various files were used to work the metal. The bars were checked against each other for straightness and the straightest faces were used as the datum for the pins. It's hard to see, but the ends of the bars are plasti-dipped. Here are the parts for the alignment jig:



Here the jig getting dialed in. The distance between the flat surface of the countertop and the bottom of the jig is the critical measurement. Here it's dialed in to 0.0010.



0.0040 as the worst delta between standoff posts allowed, really just because that's close and it is difficult to get closer than 4 thousandths. Not bad for working on the kitchen counter.

Here are the finished jigs ready for installation onto the car. The box stuck on the side of the jig is a digital level, it may not be trustworthy though, seems like it goes in 0.15 degree increments.



I also bought 2 new tape measures with the tick marks labeled down to the 8ths to make reading the measurements easy.

[Jamesp]

Here is the car with the jigs installed:



Right side camber is between 0.15 and 0.2 degrees (turns out the electronic gauge measures in 0.05 degree increments)

Left side camber is between 0.20 and 0.25.

Toe is 1/8 of an inch over the entire 4 foot length of the tubing. That is measuring behind and in front of the tires.

The front tires have 20K on them and are wearing very evenly.

Next I tear it all apart, but before I do, any suggestions from someone who has been down this road before?