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Aligning My Mustang, What do I need
- Thread starter Bad66GT
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Since you have the SorT coilovers you can do this the easy way. Set the Mustang level on jack stands. Remove, or back off, the coilovers and set center of the front hub at the desired ride height. With the spindle perpendicular to the body measure the difference in degrees between the upper ball joint nut and a lower ball joint nut and that is your caster. If you have factory spindles you can just slap the gauge on the side of the spindle. For camber just put a degree finder on the hub flange. It's a back and forth when doing caster and camber as one affects the other. I made my own but you can buy a cheap set of toe plates on the jungle site. I have the Longacre digital gauge and some turn plates, but all you really need is a $25 digital Angle finder.
I wedged a piece of wood between the upper and lower ball joint studs on my fancy SorT spindles to have a surface for the angle finder to rest against.
I wedged a piece of wood between the upper and lower ball joint studs on my fancy SorT spindles to have a surface for the angle finder to rest against.
I used a Fastrax caster/camber alignment tool, jack stands and string, i used (2) 4' straight edges (4' levels) clamped to the wheels for toe, i used (4) cheap pizza pans from Dollar General with grease between 2 of them for sliders.
The Fastrax tool does need a lip around the edge of the wheels and it's tricky to get it to stay attached.
The Fastrax tool does need a lip around the edge of the wheels and it's tricky to get it to stay attached.
bartl
Old Fart
IMHO, what do you need?
One of these: https://www.johnbean.com/us/wheel-a...nFB4Jop4sVig0OXYxCTWjbWN6wepZjSRoCoJsQAvD_BwE
...and these specs:
It's my belief that "optical" or "bubble" gauges are not accurate enough, nor do they provide a reading of Steering Axis Inclination needed to insure that the steering knuckle/spindle is not bent. I go by the old adage... "Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades".
One of these: https://www.johnbean.com/us/wheel-a...nFB4Jop4sVig0OXYxCTWjbWN6wepZjSRoCoJsQAvD_BwE
...and these specs:
It's my belief that "optical" or "bubble" gauges are not accurate enough, nor do they provide a reading of Steering Axis Inclination needed to insure that the steering knuckle/spindle is not bent. I go by the old adage... "Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades".