Front end alignment

[Len69Coupe 33]

Anyone seen a good article/video on how to do a rough front end alignment? I replaced all the parts and need to be able to drive it to a shop for an alignment.

 

[RPM 1,190]

Huskinhano on Mustang Steve has an excellent how to article that will get you spot on. After reading his article years ago I decided to give it a try myself. Works wonderful, and is dead steady at 130.

https://fyi.boardhost.com/viewtopic.php?id=7635

[aslanefe 333]

İf you want a quick alignment just to drive to a shop, get an angle finder and align the camber on a level surface. Then using a tape measure, align the toe using measurements from front and rear of the front tires (you can measure from the grooves on the tire). Don't worry about caster (which takes longer and requires kind of specialized measuring devices to align) and let the shop deal with it.

[Mach1 Driver 560]

3 hours ago, RPM said:

Huskinhano on Mustang Steve has an excellent how to article that will get you spot on. After reading his article years ago I decided to give it a try myself. Works wonderful, and is dead steady at 130.

https://fyi.boardhost.com/viewtopic.php?id=7635

unfortunately the photos are gone...however the bangshift article has pics

[Len69Coupe 33]

Thanks RPM. I'll check out the link.

Aslanfe, thanks for the suggestion. I have never done any kind of an alignment, so I need the paint by number version, lol.

Thanks Mach1 Driver, I definitely need the pics.

[RPM 1,190]

Len I hadn't done an alignment before the Mustang either. If you can follow directions and measure, you're qualified. 

[aslanefe 333]

Len, there are different ways/tools/gauges used to do alignment and they will all have different numbers for same color but give the same result; so It is difficult to give a paint by numbers version without knowing which tools/gauges you have. You do not need to buy a special gauge (like the one use on the link above) unless you need to adjust caster which is not necessary in your case just to drive to an alignment shop (unless the shop is a few counties over). Just search for "how to adjust camber with a digital angle finder (or level)" and "how to adjust toe with a tape measure". Then you will see many ways and find one that you can accomplish with the gauges/tools you already have or by only buying a cheap angle finder.

On a side note, you even don't need a special gauge to align caster.

[det0326 179]

With todays radial tires u want all the caster u can get without putting the lower control arm in a bind or a tire scrub. The way these cars are designed u can't get to much positive caster.