Re: Corrected my steering
Its not hard. Rear camber. Put a level vertically on the centerline of the rear wheel and see how much the wheel is tilted in at the top. In my case the measurment was 3/8 inch. The level was about 24 " long( in length) so 3/8" divided by 24 is a number of 0.156. Looking up the 0.0156 on a sine table relates to an angle of 0.89 degrees. That tire was negative camber of about -.9 degrees.
Toe in, measure VERY CAREFULLY the tire treads on the front and back to see the width of the tire track. I go from one of the tire tread grooves to the same location on the other tire so that I can be consisitant. I got from my tires track at about 59 3/4 and 59 1/2 or a 1/4th of an inch of toe in.The tires were about 23 inches high so 1/4th divided by 23 in is 0.018 and the arcsine of the is about 0.62 degrees. The front should be narrower than the rear or else you have toe out.
This is a check up and not the end all of alignments. The camber is very reliable if you move the car straight into a flat concrete area. Dont back in. Of course you need to have adjustable rear bars like the ones I got from MikeR.
The toe is to get you right in the ball park because most rear swaps may have shifted the settings and in my case the steering wheel was out of alignment after the new rear was hung.
Woody, enjoy.
Last edited by waldig; Oct 11, 2011 at 05:58 AM.