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| | | | Joined: Dec 2018 Posts: 2,450 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2018 Posts: 2,450 | Norcal Dave My 51 6400 pickup is a used (hard) farm truck,no cream-puff in the front end parts. Do what I do,take 2 yardsticks measure your toe-in mid bulge of the tires. Shoot for no more than 1/4 inch less in front than in back. After this setting can run 50 on pretty good hard roads. No problem staying in my lane,comfortable to drive is 98 inch wheelbase. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2016 Posts: 916 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2016 Posts: 916 | Thanks fixite7. I did my own alignment with pvc pipes perpendicular on jack stands at front and rear of truck with fish lines running parallel to the truck. Nobody around to help, so I did it on my own and I think the fish line moved during the process….. your suggestion is exactly what I was thinking- keep it simple and use measuring tape on the tread. I’ll give it a go when I get back in town.
I was obsessed about making sure that the steering wheel was straight during the process and I should have probably worried about that last, rather than while I was setting toe-in. I know that you want the pitman arm to be perfectly vertical when the wheel is centered, and that is what I did when I rebuilt the box and put the arm and steering wheel on.
If anyone knows a cheap method of getting your front tires to go left left-right smoothly while adjusting, please let me know. I couldn’t find any lazy Susans at the thrift store. I’ve heard of using plexiglass sheets with grease between them, but haven’t tried it. Perhaps I am just overthinking it all, like everything else?
Last edited by Norcal Dave; 07/21/2022 1:53 PM.
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| | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,440 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,440 | Back to OP’s topic please! This is not a thread about how to align your truck.
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