Where to get alignment done? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

emil77 · 05-20-2011, 07:04 PM

Hi guys,

My truck is pulling to the right. I assume I am in need of an alignment, correct? I called a bunch of different alignment shops and none can do it as they don't have the specs. I found this thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ad.php?t=50601 which lists some specs. Can I just give those numbers to the shop? I live in zip code of 91042, anybody know a shop around here that can do an alignment?

eightbanger · 05-20-2011, 08:52 PM

You can check the toe in yourself, If I recall correctly....stand at the front of your truck and find the vertical center line of your tires, you then run a tape measure from that center line on one wheel to the center line of the other, (make a note of that measurement), then do the same from the center line at the back of both tires, and for your toe in to be correct you should end up with the back measuring 1/4 - 3/8 more than the front......for example if you measured 75" at the front you would hope to have 75 1/4 or 75 3/8 at the rear.
A factory service manual will give you all the correct specs.
Someone will hopefully correct me if i'm wrong.

Longhorn Man · 05-20-2011, 10:38 PM

i usually shoot for 1/16 to 1/8... 3/8 is gettin kinda up there.

Wrenchbender Ret · 05-21-2011, 02:35 PM

I like to set them at 1 degree pos caster. 1/8-1/4 neg. camber. & 0-1/16 toe in.
My 70 drives as good as anything out there.

emil77 · 05-21-2011, 02:37 PM

Nice info, but I still can't find a shop to do the alignment.

68 IRON · 05-21-2011, 03:06 PM

Firstone, Goodyear, Sears, Les Schwab.....they won't do it? Never heard of that. Anyway check tire pressures and bring them up to proper level.

GASoline71 · 05-21-2011, 03:25 PM

Any good alignment shop should be able to do it. That's news to me too...

Gary

cdowns · 05-21-2011, 03:37 PM

get out and look at private garages owned and run by old guys

Longhorn Man · 05-21-2011, 03:45 PM

ask other local hot rodders where they had there's done.

**leddzepp** · 05-21-2011, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cdowns

get out and look at private garages owned and run by old guys

Yup. All of the big name places won't do it if it is lowered, I had the same problem. Even if they had the specs, I wouldn't trust them to do it anyways beacuse of their initial reluctance. Any old school guy can do it by sight/test driving it. I took mine to a local shop here in Riverside called Jerl's muffler/brakes. An old dude there named Scotty aligned my 5" dropped front end perfectly for $75. It took him about an hour and a half, and he only needed to add 1 shim to each stud to correct the camber.

emil77 · 05-21-2011, 03:52 PM

I finally found a shop in Van Nuys that will do it, going to take her in on Monday.

**leddzepp** · 05-21-2011, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by emil77

I finally found a shop in Van Nuys that will do it, going to take her in on Monday.

Good deal. Van Nuys is a lot closer to you than Riverside

emil77 · 05-21-2011, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leddzepp

Good deal. Van Nuys is a lot closer to you than Riverside

406 Q-ship · 05-22-2011, 10:19 PM

Good, cause my guy is in Redondo Beach.

05-20-2011, 07:04 PM	#1
emil77 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Tujunga, CA Posts: 262	Where to get alignment done? Hi guys, My truck is pulling to the right. I assume I am in need of an alignment, correct? I called a bunch of different alignment shops and none can do it as they don't have the specs. I found this thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ad.php?t=50601 which lists some specs. Can I just give those numbers to the shop? I live in zip code of 91042, anybody know a shop around here that can do an alignment? __________________ Thanks, Emil 1972 Chevy C20

05-20-2011, 08:52 PM	#2
eightbanger 454 MAKES IT ROAR Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Essex, U.K Posts: 2,701	Re: Where to get alignment done? You can check the toe in yourself, If I recall correctly....stand at the front of your truck and find the vertical center line of your tires, you then run a tape measure from that center line on one wheel to the center line of the other, (make a note of that measurement), then do the same from the center line at the back of both tires, and for your toe in to be correct you should end up with the back measuring 1/4 - 3/8 more than the front......for example if you measured 75" at the front you would hope to have 75 1/4 or 75 3/8 at the rear. A factory service manual will give you all the correct specs. Someone will hopefully correct me if i'm wrong. __________________ Nigel. An American living in a British body. 1971 Chevy Cheyenne 10 454 "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty" - Thomas Jefferson No more pain. 03.12.60 -- 12.28.10 http://www.youtube.com/Eightbanger

05-20-2011, 10:38 PM	#3
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Re: Where to get alignment done? i usually shoot for 1/16 to 1/8... 3/8 is gettin kinda up there.

05-21-2011, 02:35 PM	#4
Wrenchbender Ret Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Overland Park, Ks. Posts: 5,228	Re: Where to get alignment done? I like to set them at 1 degree pos caster. 1/8-1/4 neg. camber. & 0-1/16 toe in. My 70 drives as good as anything out there.

05-21-2011, 02:37 PM	#5
emil77 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Tujunga, CA Posts: 262	Re: Where to get alignment done? Nice info, but I still can't find a shop to do the alignment. __________________ Thanks, Emil 1972 Chevy C20

05-21-2011, 03:06 PM	#6
68 IRON Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Olympia, WA Posts: 736	Re: Where to get alignment done? Firstone, Goodyear, Sears, Les Schwab.....they won't do it? Never heard of that. Anyway check tire pressures and bring them up to proper level.

05-21-2011, 03:37 PM	#8
cdowns Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: daytonabeach Posts: 22,956	Re: Where to get alignment done? get out and look at private garages owned and run by old guys __________________ 71c-10 350/2004r/4:11 lowered3/4 longbed/dead by hurricane MEANING OF DEATH::::: SOMEBODY ELSE GETS YOUR STUFF DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK TAKE MY ADVISE;I DON'T USE IT ANYWAY

05-21-2011, 03:45 PM	#9
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Re: Where to get alignment done? ask other local hot rodders where they had there's done.

05-21-2011, 03:52 PM	#11
emil77 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Tujunga, CA Posts: 262	Re: Where to get alignment done? I finally found a shop in Van Nuys that will do it, going to take her in on Monday. __________________ Thanks, Emil 1972 Chevy C20

05-22-2011, 10:19 PM	#14
406 Q-ship Registered User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Largo Florida Posts: 632	Re: Where to get alignment done? Good, cause my guy is in Redondo Beach. __________________ Lifes journey is not to arrive at the gate well preserved, it is to slide in sideways all used up and wore out yelling.....God what'a ride! Where patience fails, force prevails Stapp's Ironical Paradox "The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle."

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