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how to align your car at home?

To: "autocross" <AUTOX@autox.team.net>
Subject: how to align your car at home?
From: "Eric Linnhoff" <eric10mm@qni.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 11:02:29 -0600
How-doo-yadoo.

I'm tired of paying someone else $50 for an alignment every time I wanna
try soemthing different.  Does anyone attempt to do their own alignments
at home?

The camber's easy, I just max it on both sides.  But how do you measure
your toe, in or out? I've tried the duct-tape, thumbtack and string
method but can't find any suitable string that either isn't sag-prone or
stretches too much to give accurate reading.  Anybody got any ideas on
fabricating a semi-rigid mesuring device that also happens to be cheap?

Oh yeah, one more thing.  Is the castor adjustable on Neons or not?  How
do you measure it and/or adjust it at home?

Thanks in advance.

See you on course.

Eric Linnhoff in KC
#69DS    TLS #13
'98 Neon R/T
<eric10mm@qni.com>

You jump in front of my car  When you know all the time
That 90 miles an hour  Girl  Is the speed I drive
You tell me it's all right  You don't mind a little pain
You say you just want me to take you for a drive
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"Crosstown Traffic"  as recorded by Jimi Hendrix


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