Alignment Specs
89 f150 straight 6 5-speed
I put 2 brand new tie rod ends on the front of my truck.
Then I aligned it, by parking the truck on a flat level surface, directly facing a flat wall about 30 feet away and putting a laser across each of the back alloys, and marking the spot on the wall.
Then I put the laser on the front wheels and adjusted the tie-rod connections until the front wheels where exactly straight with the back wheels.
Now, it feels like theres just a tiny bit of "drift" in the steering of the truck, from left to right.
If I toe in the front wheels just a hair to take up for the natural factory tolerances, will that make the steering feel more "exact"?
If I do, how much should I toe it in?
With a laser hitting a wall 30 feet away, how much should I bring the laser point "in" from where the back wheels were?
Is there an angle spec?
If there is an angle spec, I can convert that into a measurement of the laser at 30 feet away, or if someone has a spec from the "old fashioned way" with string, I suppose I could convert that as well.