Hey anyone every tried to do their alignment themselves? I might try that this weekend, wondering if you all had any tips. I checked out this website, seems pretty helpful

http://www.4x4xplor.com/alignment.html

 

just follow the instructions, its fairly simple it just takes some patience.

-Kyle

 

just pay your local shop to do it you should have better results.

I am an advocate of doing as much of your own work but there are somethings that can be done better by a good shop and for the extra $40 bucks my time is worth more than that and they can definetly do it faster than I can.

 

takes me about 10 minutes to get it done right in my driveway and its free

takes me about 20 minutes to drive to a shop, 30 minutes to wait and another 20 minutes home.

i went to a tech school and i tested my at home alignment and it was perfect.

all it is is toe and steer ahead.

 

Really? Cuz i thought you could maybe adjust camber too or your control arms or something, cuz it looks like my tires like spead "outward" towards the bottom... maybe thats just me?

 

solid axle= no camber adjustment. it's either you, severely bad ball joints, or bad wheel bearings.

 

I agree with KTM. It's cake. After you do it a few times, you can get it done in 30 minutes and it's just as good as the pro's alignment. A few pointers though:

Have a long pipe wrench to grab and twist the tie rod
PB Blast the tie rod threaded ends cuz they rust together sometimes
Don't measure by the tread blocks. Make a line down the middle of the tire. You can do this by jacking up one side and spinning the tire while you use paint and paint the middle of the tread all the way around. Then take a block and put it right in front of the tire, about 1/8" away from teh tread. Put a flat head screwdriver or pick on the block so it's touching the wet paint and spin the tire so it makes a straight line all the way around the tire tread. Do this on the other tire and use these as measuring points. It's much more accurate.
There are pictures of this method on Stu Olsen's website (google it)
Good luck.