How are wheel aligments done?

Question

What are the steps and stuff.

Thanks

Answer 1

First you test drive the car & check for worn suspension and steering parts. Then you check air pressure in the tires, then set the rear camber, then the rear toe. Next you set the front castor, camber, and then toe. Finally, you drive the car again to make sure the steering wheel is straight and it drives properly.

Answer 2

Wheel alignments has to be done on a alignment machine. A check is done for worn suspension parts such as ball joints and tie rod ends. Each vehicle make and model has its own settings where the caster, camber and toe-in and is measured in degrees. Some of the settings on today's vehicles are factory set and sealed with welds and cannot be adjusted unless the welds are broken, but done so in such a way that the components are not damaged. this is commonly found in caster or camber settings, which should be left to a professional alignment facility.

Answer 3

Drive up to the alignment place, pay them money and wait. You simply cannot do better than the professionals. They have this $20,000 machin that you drive your car, press few switches and the computer will spit out the alignment values. Then you just unbolt few nuts, adjust cambers, toe, tir-rod,.... to get it as close as possible with the car specification. Most people don't have the alignment machine, and manual alignment cannot be as accurate as the computer one. So your answer is simply pay $ and have the professional handle it.