Alignment Help

Ricks70Duster340 said
I played around with the alignment for most of the day yesterday. It was absolutely exhausting. I learned a lot and still need to tweak, but the key apparently is what you said about jacking the car up. Yes, I needed to jack it up to reach the cam bolts, but after making an adjustment, I needed to roll the car out, then back onto the turn plates again to see what effect the changes I made were. As a side note; I took some before readings of the alignment my local (60 miles away) shop did and was very disappointed. These guys are supposed to know what they are doing on older cars, but apparently not my Mopar. The car did not feel planted in the front, especially at higher speeds. That is why I purchased the Quicktrick system. I am hoping to get my car spot on so it is enjoyable to drive.

I am quite diminished physically from when I aligned mine, but I was able to do so by turning the tires in/ out rather than jacking it up. I don't have a shop, so I jacked up my flatbed trailer and leveled it, used it for an "alignment rack." I am lucky in that I scored some old Ammco turning plates.

Need a driveway alignment advice after suspension overhaul- just good enough to get it to the shop?

Front tire on the trailer, old turning plate, and reworked "DIY" one man toe gauge. Bought this off egag without the cross tube, and did not realize how tall it was (truck) had to cut it down to get under car LOL

Old Ammco caster/ camber gauge

You don't need a caster/ camber gauge, just something to measure tire tilt IE camber. You CALCULATE camber by turning tires in/ out, measuring, subtract, multiply Easy

67 barracuda alignment specs needed

Old Ammco turning plate