How to do an Alignment
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- In this video I'll show you how to do a front end alignment with a few simple tools including a tape measure and something straight. It's a quick and dirty DIY method but you really can achieve great results doing it the old fashioned way. Check it out.
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I had to do this less than a week ago in an autozone parking lot. I bought a 1990 jeep XJ 2 door, 2 states away for a good deal. It had sit for the last 12 years in a carport. I put a battery in, changed the fluids and filters all out. It started right up and sprayed fuel everywhere, out of every connection on the fuel line including every injector lol. Replaced all the seals, started it again and it ran great. Then had to fix the blinkers and some other wiring. Started out on a 700+ mile trip home, got half way and it got a severe death wobble. I couldn't go over 45mph lol. I found an autozone and ordered up every tie rod end for the steering I could. I had to wait until 10am the next morning for the finale one to come in. Changed them all in the parking lot with barely any tools, then had to do an alignment with 2 brooms I borrowed from autozone and some straps I had lol. It was enough to get me the rest of the way home though, that's all I needed lol. It's going to be my project truck now, can't wait to get more going on it.
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You should keep us updated. Sounds like an adventure worth having .
The guys over at Roadkill would be proud
Fuck yah man..
Did you toe in any?.I'm doing my XJ tomorrow.
@@dickderilict3036 Not much, measure yours before you take them off, and measure the new ones to try to get them the same. Then you can do a mini alignment if needed with something straight strapped to the wheels. It's supposed to have about an 1/16th of toe out if it's your daily and you just run in 2wd most the time. Toe in if you run in 4wd most the time with the np242. If you have the np231, then definitely don't run 4wd in the streets lol
Here is a quick tip to save you some time get 4 pieces of sheet metal put grease between two of them then drive front wheels on them now adjust your toe with ease.
If you do it this way with the Jeep jacked up, you need to make your bars on the tires parallel with the Jeep, not with a level. Reason why is because your effective caster has changed since the Jeep is jacked up, and caster does affect toe slightly.
You should use gauge blocks between your rims and the angle iron to raise them off of the tires. The rubber can flex differently front to back and throw your measurement off.
Why would you do this with the vehicle jacked up? Once you drop the vehicle the alignment changes. Maybe I'm doing it wrong. I have done this type of alignment, but with the vehicle sitting on the ground. What is the advantage of having it jacked up?
1st class vid,but i like to do it with car on ground,front wheels on top of old tiles with salt between the tiles,two either side, of wheels they turn very easy,like the angle iron idea,off to get some for future checks.
Maybe i got lucky, but i measured the distance between both rear tires and matched the front ones to it, then ran some twine around the vehicle tires and measured the distance between the gaps in the front to adjust toe. Worked like a charm.
You always got the best videos of DIY low buck upgrades, keep em coming
I used a big set of wood working bar clamps on my tires, works the same and easier. Pipe clamps would be the same. Pipe clamps attach to whatever lengths of gas pipe you want to use, so you can make a set of pipe clamps as long as you want.
good video, I was gonna try measuring from tires but will be using the angle idea like you guys done
Thank you. Now I can get it to a shop to be aligned.
a video on both alignment and the mating call of 16000 Tennessee crickets
+jhatala I thought there was a just cricket outside my window until I read this comment hahaha
shurely you should do that with the jeep on on the pavement setting level,on jack stands how do you correct for some parts being worn alittle more than others?
I always do it with the wheels on the ground, and I just use the tread pattern to measure. Its a little tough in the back side of an XJ because of the control arms but it can be done..
"I'm too dumb to do math" love it hahaha
40 + years knowledge of Off road trucks and Jeeps and running big tires here.!! On tires that size you want a full 1/4" of toe.. re: 1/8" per side... because those big boys will pull hard outwards as you getting rolling down the highway...
what does it mean to have seized front end while trying to do front end alignment??
1. Check for worn parts by working wheel back and forth while the other watches 2. Do alignment on ground, it will never be right in the air all its going to do is wear the tires out. I sell alignment equipment btw.
Hi Matt. I'm a female and I have a 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee overland suspension lifted Jeep. I just bought it. I don't know much about country lifts off road trucks . The steering wobbles left and right when I drive it at any speed limit. I've called several places and they will not do a alignment because it has a suspension lift kit on it. I took it to a shop and they charge me to change the tie rods and after they change them I paid and left and the car still did the same thing? The tie rods are not the problem. The wheel does not stay straight when I drive it any limit and it goes left and right all over the road. Can you please tell me what you think my Jeep needs? I really appreciate your help I'm tired of paying so many shops and not having it fixed. Thank you 🌸
Is it moving forcibly or just has a lot of play in the steering wheel?
BleepinJeep it has lots of play in the steering wheel. Thank you so much for replying to me. You're awesome🌸
I took it to a shop that said they would be able to align it because I thought it needed a wheel alignment. After the shop had it for 2 days the guy told me that he aligned it and I went there I paid them and picked it up. After I drove it out of the parking lot it did the exact same thing so I took it back to the same shop and the guy that told me he aligned it said that he couldn't really do a full alignment because he thinks that it needed track bar bushing track bar both ends and right upper control arm. But that same guy told me two different stories so I don't believe what he says. At first he said the alignment was done in the car was fine and after he said that it needed other parts so I don't know which way to go with this. I spent lots of money on it and the repairs that I did were never needed. The car is very pretty and I can't drive it. I love your videos and want to say thank you so much for a wonderful you tube channel.
I would guess that your steering gear box could be going bad or some bushing in the steering, track bar, or tie rods could be bad. Before you replace the gear box ( I have a video on that too) go check out my videos on death wobble and check the things I talk about in those videos first.
BleepinJeep Hi. The tie rods are new. I replaced them because the mechanic shop thought that was the problem but that really was not the problem. They never needed to be changed. I will definitely check out your other video! Your videos are the best and thank you so much for your time🌸 I appreciate it! I'll keep you posted💮
Can you just take the tires off and measure from the rotors?
actually, put 3 lugs back on to hold the rotor on and itll work just fine.
Should have grabbed a measurement off that trac bar for other people having trouble recentering their front axle like myself lol with a 4" lift might i add
James Smith its gonna be different cause this is a full width axle.
One recommendation do it from center to center of the tire while in the ground. I align after every wheelin day since I drive it on the road. Get within an 1/8 of an inch for toe in n you'll be fine. Nice vid otherwise! And I second always having a second hand on deck to do this.
IS THAT BOBBER A JACKK!!!
I just bought a 98 xj and I noticed mine only has one throttle cable, but every video I watch there's three. Maybe not all for throttle but mine only has one, but there are slots to clip in other cables. What am I missing? Lol
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do i need to have the wheels off the ground i got 61" in front and 61 7/8" in the rear thanks
yeah not that good i need a better mechanic or a basic math class lol
If you use 1 left and 1 right hand heim joint it makes it a lot easier you just turn the bar
more, or less accurate than the string method?
How to fix the camber on a jeep grand cherokee with a full axle
You can get alignments for 19.99 this is good to know to get you to a proper shop but you'll eat through some tires if this is your only alignment source
$19.99 ha ha are you serious? Any 4x4 alignment place will charges you at least $120 unless you live in La Patagonia
I did this I’m 95% I did it wrong or something else is wrong because once I did it I went for a test drive and my steering wheel jerked strongly even with a death grip i stopped in a parking lot put it back to how it was things were fine still had my lean to the right alightment but I didn’t jerk anymore not sure what I did wrong tips? Other then that I use your videos a lot and this is the only time I had something go wrong
Maybe u hav a bent bar...
That was a good size bobber !
Danny Cox shark bobber...
Great info 👍 but you have to loose the crickets. Thanks for the video.
Ok first off I'm not trying to be a dick just a question as I'm looking to do an alignment myself... when you put the square stock on your tire and ratchet strapped it "tight" how do you know it didn't smush one side of the tire more than the other even an 1/8th inch
You don't, that's why this is a backyard alignment. But you just get it the best you can. I guess if you really wanted to be precise you would take the wheels off and lower the disc brakes to the ground and then take attach the angle iron to the discs.
Ricky D also, if you have a set of wheels without tires on them, you can use those.
Man you guys missed a boat load of info on this one...
The T-case does make a difference. The np231 case means the toe-in should be set slightly inwards (the front of the tires should be closer than the back) while the np242 has a zero toe-in figure.
231 is 1/16" to 1/8", 242 is zero toe. 242 is set to zero to prevent binding when in 4FT.
Don't use a tape measure either. they tend to sag in the middle this can affect the measurement by more than the spec.
Use a 2x4 or something solid like a bamboo rod or wood, metal rod.
Awesome! Thanks
Rubber and straps... I would much rather pull off of the rotors (with the lugs tight).
Your method only works to get you to the alignment shop, or if you never drive on the pavement. you can't pull accurately off of rubber.
I saw a video of a Dana 60 alignment using angle iron bolted directly to the studs. It lessens the chances of an error.
Vintage Matt 😹
i need camber caster plz
Thanks big help
should be done with weight on the tires
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Smaller vehicle, but this is how I did an alignment... th-cam.com/video/fRQAR_Rh2y4/w-d-xo.html
you jack the axle not the frame it will be the same as if the tires were on the ground
He does have it jacked up by the axle
Turn the bugs down
Could you just take the tires/wheels off and just make your measurements off the rotors? Seems like it would be easier than strapping angle iroon, and trying to keep the tires from turning and throwing off the level.
Where's your helmet?
Poor instructional video, nice jeep
Creepy voice.