How to Adjust Toe-in of Wheel Alignment
If your car does not drive straight or leveled on a road, your car's wheel alignment might be out. Having a proper wheel alignment is essential for safe driving and proper handling. You can fix the alignment yourself with the proper procedure avoiding the cost of a mechanic.
Things You'll Need:
- Tape measurer
- Wrenches
- Jack and jack stand
- Use your car manual and look up the proper alignment settings for your car. If your manual is not available, consider using online resources such as websites or visit your local library.
- Place your car on jack stands and using a wrench, simply shake the wheel to see how stable your wheel alignment is.
- Check the air in each of your tires and ensure that they are also on correctly as improperly placed tires can potentially result in poor wheel alignment. Spin your tires from under the jack stands and watch them closer to make sure they are moving properly.
- Remove your car from the jack stands and lower them to the ground. After this, you should put your car in neutral.
- Slowly but carefully, go into your car and move the steering wheel back and fourth to loosen it.
- Take your car out of neutral and then let it move 10 feet behind or in front of your previous position.
- Use a tape measure and mark the distance of the lines in front of each tire. As you moved your car straight 10 feet, you should be able to see after making the distance of your cars movement if there is any problems. Closely look at the measurements of your cars distance from the 10 feet, as this will indicate if your wheel alignment is off as your car did not move straight.
- Put your car on jack stands again and tighten the lock nuts. These are located on the end of the tie rods.