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I am not disputing your claim, I trust you know what you are talking about. I am at .41 degrees positive thrust angle which isn't too much, just a little off zero. I went for another cruise tonight and had my friend drive down the centre of the highway and I could see the passenger front tire...

Thank You, I am aware of the shim pack from Hotchkiss. It is the only way to get the thrust angle back to zero, as far as I can see. There must have been a problem with this or Hotchkiss would not have made a shim kit to correct it. It may be more common than you think. 6pk2goDemon is right, I...

Finally, a straight answer!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!

Very well put! Go up a few threads and comment on the measurements that were taken during my alignment. It shows the thrust angle and the rear toe. I am curious to read your findings. Now remember, when I tried to adjust the rear toe, it made it worse.Thanks guys.

I just might do that!

Just one more comment. I did take all of your suggestions and applied them. I got a plumb bob and marked on the floor in different locations, cross checked the measurements and I couldn't find anything that was "glaring" at me. The only thing that I did find out was a string measurement from the...

That's cool, I didn't take any offense. I am going to leave it, I have tried adjusting it and it doesn't seem to help. Shimming the passenger side makes it worse and doing the drivers side doesn't make it any better. Looks like it is what it is. Thanks to all of you.

My car is not that bad, don't think the wreckers is a viable option, but thanks for the story.

Well, now I am confused! I just found an article on thrust angle and it states that if the thrust angle is positive, the wheels are pointing to the right and to center it, I would have to shim the drivers side back. WTF!

Wow! Thanks for all the responses!! I am beginning to think it is an optical illusion, but you have a good point with looking out the passenger side. I got a thrust angle check and it says actual rear thrust angle is .41 degrees. Now that is a positive angle , not much but almost 1/2 a degree...

When my Dart is driven down the highway, my friend says that he can see about an inch of the drivers side front tire and it looks like the car is going down the road slightly sideways. I had him drive the car and I followed and sure enough this is so. I am wondering which side of the front...

All front end parts are new, the steering box is definately the problem. Anyone have any experience with Cardone boxes?

I needed to replace the power steering box in my 72 Swinger because of waaay too much play in it. I got a remanufactured one from "The Parts Counter" here in Alberta, Canada but it was crap too. It was remanufactured by Autoline and the quality control must be out the window. It too had way too...

I just did this yesterday, the spring clip goes up against the cross shaft first, say the side facing towards you with the steering shaft vertical, there should be a cut out on the spring for orientation, then the shoes go on the cross shaft with the curved side out. The spring clip will go over...

What did Summit charge for shipping to your location?

I can see that the wheels will be about a quarter turn off and pointing to the right when I straighten this out. My tie rods are gonna be waaaaaay off and so will my steering wheel. The pitman arm is splined so it can only go on one way so the other stuff has got to be way off. THANKS FOR YOUR...

I mean from centre each way, left and right, not lock to lock.

Did I just ask a real dumb question or does nobody have an answer, I can't see why the wheels are straight ahead and aligned but there are a different number of turns lock to lock.

What would be the solution to the problem of having a different number of turns from centre to right and left? I have more turns from centre to the right than I do from centre to left and I notice the car doesn't turn as sharp that direction for obvious reasons. Isn't the pitman arm splined so...

I got 2 brand new BFG's for the back, had them mounted and balanced. Seems they had a bit of a time balancing them because I don't like to have the balance weights stuck to the outside of the rim so they do an alloy wheel balance and stick the weights on the inner edge of the rim and close to...

The lathe sounds like a real good thing to do unfortunately we have nothing like that around here. I will check out the hunter road force balalncer. All great ideas guys!

7172 Duster, you are a very wise man. I got what you were trying to explain about the out of round tires. When I turned the corner, they may have gotten into sync with each other and then the shake went away and when I turned again, they went out of sync and the imbalance came back. Never even...

Alright, I have found the problem. It IS the back tire or tires. I borrowed a couple of ralleye wheels from my friends Dart and bolted them on and went for a ride. The shake was gone. He had 235/60/14 BFG Radial T/A,s and I was hesitant to try it but the shake is completely gone. Even his worn...

I hear ya but I can't seem to relate it to my problem. Please explain more.

You guys are giving great suggestions and helping to make me believe that it is the tires and I will go back to the tire store and get them to bring in a couple more for me. I never drove the car before the swap to the disc brakes so I can't say how it drove. I bought the car for $500.00 at a...

Yes, thank You!!!!!!

I just bought these tires and don't have 500 miles on them. They were an improvement over the others that I had but what I can't figure out is why did the shake go away on a different stretch of highway and then return all the way home no matter what direction I went on my way home. If the lower...

Yup, did the driveshaft 180* thing too. Have a look on Youtube. Search for Dart tire shake and see if that tire looks bad enough to cause my problem. The driver side tire does it too but not as bad. The shake has to be coming from the back as the steering wheel does vibrate or shake, it seems to...

It steers great, spindles, wheel bearings are all new, although I looked under there and the lower control arm bushings do look worn and those I know I have not replaced. I jacked the car up and ran it and the rear tires although they are new, the one on the passenger side does have a wobble to...

I have a "shake" in my 72 Swinger that is driving me crazy!! Now for the fun part...... it will change intensity depending on which direction I am travelling. Ya, it sounds nuts but if I travel into the wind it is different if I travel on a road with a side wind or it is even worse with no wind...