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It is interesting that to the naked eye the front wheels always appear to have toe-out. Therefore, it is necessary to have a slightly more scientific way of checking the alignment. I knocked up a pair of frames that sit on each of the front wheel rims and use a couple of identical tape measures to check the alignment.





There are a couple of precise wooden blocks that rest against the rim to ensure accuracy. Tie-wraps passed around the frames and behind the spokes ensure that everything is held tightly in place. Use a level to ensure that both frames are horizontal and use masking tape between the wheels and mudguards to prevent the wheels from turning if you have them off the ground.



Then it's just a matter of centering up the steering rack. Use a dowel through the hole in the upper centre of the rack housing and turn the steering until the dowel locates in the inner rack. Early cars didn't have this locating hole so you'll just have to work out the central position as best as you can.



Ensure that one of the wheels is parallel/inline with the chassis. Then read off the two measurements and adjust the other tie rod so that the measurements are the same, or the front measurement is a couple of mm smaller than the rear if you want a tad of toe-in. Obviously there may be more to it than this, and it is an iterative process, but it's all pretty straight forward and obvious when you actually do it. By the way, it's surprising how much the alignment changes as the track rod end locking nuts are tightened so be sure to re-check the alignment after everything is tweaked up.





I've had good results with this method and it's relatively quick and easy to use (and dirt cheap of course).