What I normally do to align my drift car is set a string line down both sides of the car. Then center the string equal distance to the center of each hub so it is parallel with the car. Then measure the front and rear of the wheel rim outer edge to the string line. The difference tells you the toe in or out
A few months ago I had bad death wobbles so replaced all bushing in the front end had 2 wheel alignments and wheel balances at different shops new steering damper, I pulled steering box and found a small crack in the chassis but not bad enough crack to give me the death wobbles I had, I ended up replacing all 4 tie rod ends and it made it about 40% better went for a few drives to trigger the death wobbles and then turned each tie rod in another thread and it became 95% better, only had 1 small wobble since I have 15inch rims on 33inch tyres i even swapped out tyres to my 35s and 31.5s and still had the same death wobbles but after that small adjustment on the new tie rods it made a massive difference on all tyres sizes. I think i will still get a rampt customs Steering box brace kit when i can find a good local shop to install it my go to local fab shop has closed up shop and I haven't welded for over 20 years so i don't want to weld the kit in myself.
I also found a crack in the chassis I had it welded professionally. I have also found that there is so many things that can make them jump or wobble on the road. good idea to get done properly.
Do you have to do anything with the drag link? Just replace my sagging stock sping with some new stock height king springs Also how have the tyres help up with the toe in ?
I was going nuts trying to stop it. Changed all bushes under front end. Paid lots for a wheel alignment. Then someone told me about the larger tyres. So I did an alignment myself. It worked for me. Good luck
@blackllama1 yeah that's what I'm getting in my 105 series. Have heavy-duty rear swaybar and have had a heap of work done to try and stop it so I think I'll try this. I've heard of doing this before but when you as the aligners to give you an extra 2mm toe in they just say they work off factory specs!
@@cruisering correct they just go off factory specs. With my larger tyres doing this made a world of difference. To how the car handled. It took quite a bit of research before I tried it. But I’m glad that I did. The car would pull left or right with any imperfection in the road at hwy speed and dart left to right under brakes. It’s a lot better now
You definitely didn’t get you dads straight hair. Do you reckon the bend in the tie rod is from your suspension flexing and it hitting the diff housing?
That is a definite possibility. I did come down hard on a log that had been thrown into a big hole. That also could have done it. But I’m going to keep an eye on it. Hair came from my grandfather 😁
What I normally do to align my drift car is set a string line down both sides of the car. Then center the string equal distance to the center of each hub so it is parallel with the car. Then measure the front and rear of the wheel rim outer edge to the string line. The difference tells you the toe in or out
@@jonwilson6077 I hadn’t heard that way. I like it
A few months ago I had bad death wobbles so replaced all bushing in the front end had 2 wheel alignments and wheel balances at different shops new steering damper, I pulled steering box and found a small crack in the chassis but not bad enough crack to give me the death wobbles I had, I ended up replacing all 4 tie rod ends and it made it about 40% better went for a few drives to trigger the death wobbles and then turned each tie rod in another thread and it became 95% better, only had 1 small wobble since I have 15inch rims on 33inch tyres i even swapped out tyres to my 35s and 31.5s and still had the same death wobbles but after that small adjustment on the new tie rods it made a massive difference on all tyres sizes. I think i will still get a rampt customs Steering box brace kit when i can find a good local shop to install it my go to local fab shop has closed up shop and I haven't welded for over 20 years so i don't want to weld the kit in myself.
I also found a crack in the chassis I had it welded professionally. I have also found that there is so many things that can make them jump or wobble on the road.
good idea to get done properly.
Is that one side or 2 side of the car. Thanks
Do you have to do anything with the drag link?
Just replace my sagging stock sping with some new stock height king springs
Also how have the tyres help up with the toe in ?
Interesting vid
My front end has been wandering all over the place lately. Might try this......
I was going nuts trying to stop it. Changed all bushes under front end.
Paid lots for a wheel alignment.
Then someone told me about the larger tyres. So I did an alignment myself.
It worked for me. Good luck
So how did this affect your tyre wear?
@@cruisering it’s fairly even.
Mostly I was trying to stop the car pulling and darting left to right under braking.
@blackllama1 yeah that's what I'm getting in my 105 series. Have heavy-duty rear swaybar and have had a heap of work done to try and stop it so I think I'll try this. I've heard of doing this before but when you as the aligners to give you an extra 2mm toe in they just say they work off factory specs!
@@cruisering correct they just go off factory specs.
With my larger tyres doing this made a world of difference. To how the car handled. It took quite a bit of research before I tried it.
But I’m glad that I did. The car would pull left or right with any imperfection in the road at hwy speed and dart left to right under brakes. It’s a lot better now
You definitely didn’t get you dads straight hair. Do you reckon the bend in the tie rod is from your suspension flexing and it hitting the diff housing?
That is a definite possibility.
I did come down hard on a log that had been thrown into a big hole. That also could have done it. But I’m going to keep an eye on it.
Hair came from my grandfather 😁
@@blackllama1looks like the milk man's hair to me.
@@Gooie69 sorry I’m not sure what you mean by this comment
He means your the milkman’s son