Re: Front End work and alignment

Posted by Jim McDermaid On 2014/12/30 15:20:50

Thanks for the guidance
Chalk line was a poor choice on my part.

What I was planning was to spin the wheel and mark a line around the circumference on the tread and then measure it front to back using a long steel yard stick or piece of flat bar or piece of rigid conduit. Thinking the toe-in was -0- when the wheels are straight ahead.

I plan to set the car level on it wheels to make my checks.
The only play in the steering linkage I can feel is a bit of King-pin movement but it is very slight.

I haven't checked for end play in either the steering wheel or the pitman shaft, but I can do that on the way home from work.

I'm running some old wide whitewall L78-15 tires I believe these are bias ply. I notice more wear on the inside tread edge. I was thinking of getting some better new wide whitewall radial type.

On a perfect new surface road the car tracks straight as an arrow. On roads with a little wear to the surface the car seems to follow the little rifts. Is this what you call road compliance and hunt? It feels like one of the tires wants to ride in the rift or follow a crack.

Most of my driving is city streets under 50mph.

Jim