DIY front wheel alignment at home. 100% perfect (so easy)

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  • Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
  • In this video I will show you how to do a front wheel alignment at home on a front wheel drive car. I will show you how to do a front wheel alignment 100% perfect at Home Home.
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    How to perform a front wheel alignment by yourself.
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    How to do a front wheel alignment on a front wheel drive car.
    Front wheel drive car wheel alignment.
    Toe in alignment.
    Tow out alignment.
    Disclaimer - don't do what I do, this is for entertainment on, I am not a professional, do everything at your own risk, do your own research.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 51

  • @Operator2019-w1q
    @Operator2019-w1q 6 днів тому

    Thank you so much for your time and effort.
    You have explained n in fantastic detail how to achieve wheel alignment 👍
    Kind regards
    Peter from UK 🇬🇧

  • @TonePlace13
    @TonePlace13 20 днів тому +2

    I don't know about 100%, but this a great video, including that the rest of world doesn't understand inchs (and you covered that) and this method will get you very close to spec

  • @ceesklumper
    @ceesklumper 2 місяці тому +3

    Thanks!

  • @garymucher4082
    @garymucher4082 8 днів тому

    Interesting way to truly measure using the tire ribs themselves. I have seen tons of such videos that they use the sidewalls of the tires from the outside. And I always wonder if those sidewalls are the best idea knowing they can vary somewhat. Thumbs Up!

  • @allywilkeforsenate
    @allywilkeforsenate Місяць тому +4

    Best vid I seen yet for doing a diy Alignment.👍

  • @traceel6546
    @traceel6546 29 днів тому

    Absolutely!!! the best video I've seen since watching videos over an over again this makes the most logical since .

  • @RakeshPathak-lu8yc
    @RakeshPathak-lu8yc 21 день тому

    Nice video to learn and to check the alignment DIY. Thanks

  • @eiiiotrodger6279
    @eiiiotrodger6279 3 місяці тому

    Yeah this is the way to do it. I never did an alignment before and watched videos of people doing all this crazy stuff with strings and lasers, but I learned to do layout in construction its like all you need is a few lines...

  • @joeculver6227
    @joeculver6227 2 місяці тому +4

    Cars usually pull to the right when you drive them on the right side of a crowned road. You have to drive it down the middle, both directions to know if it’s due to the car or the road.

    • @ProblemSolverGarage
      @ProblemSolverGarage  2 місяці тому

      Yeah I mentioned that in the video and drove in the middle of the road

    • @KurtKoster-s6t
      @KurtKoster-s6t 10 днів тому

      @@joeculver6227 that's why we set the caster ahead on right side and adjust camber for the crown,when I was doing alignment we had to compensate for very heavy people driving the car solo also,tricks of the trade,but there's a lot of tricks

  • @thomasengelhard2668
    @thomasengelhard2668 3 місяці тому

    Great Video, now i understand how it works...greetings from germany...Tom

  • @halrichard1969
    @halrichard1969 3 місяці тому +2

    No comment mentioned it but you can get a pull either to the right or left on a vehicle by more factors than just wheel alignment. The most common and easiest to correct is TIRE PRESSURE . The next factor is Tire Size. If you have more wear on one tire it can lead to a pull to one side or the other just as the Air Pressure. With a close alignment as yours you might go ahead and check those two factors first. The next factor might involve worn bushings either in your strut or the bottom swing arm. If you can get a nice improvement on your alignment then by all means go for it. A follow-up video on tire wear might be valuable down the road.

    • @ProblemSolverGarage
      @ProblemSolverGarage  3 місяці тому +1

      Thanks for the input, but this is a video about how to do a wheel alignment. Not how to do a wheel alignment on a car with worn out tires for bad control arms or ball joints, all the work was done on the car tie rods, new tires and then the alignment was the last thing. But yes of course tire pressure and a worn out bushing will throw the alignment off and make it alignable.

  • @azattoshiev9729
    @azattoshiev9729 8 днів тому

    How about all wheel drive ? Toe in or out

  • @stevedutcher3875
    @stevedutcher3875 3 місяці тому

    Nice job, thanks!

  • @RobertFredman-ld6kc
    @RobertFredman-ld6kc 3 місяці тому

    Good info

  • @KurtKoster-s6t
    @KurtKoster-s6t 3 місяці тому +1

    That's perfect,1/8 toed out,on a front wheel is ok , because on acceleration it will toe in,1/6 is preferred,toe in will not cause a pull

    • @DL101ca
      @DL101ca 10 днів тому

      Yep, RWD you do toe in 1/16 as the push will spread the tires apart.

  • @lefty-bm6xs
    @lefty-bm6xs 16 днів тому +1

    You cannot call it a wheel alignment when the only thing you measure is front wheel toe in/out. You must check and adjust camber and caster then you can adjust toe last

    • @ProblemSolverGarage
      @ProblemSolverGarage  14 днів тому

      This car doesn't have camper or caster alignment, most newer cars don't.
      Thanks for watching

    • @lefty-bm6xs
      @lefty-bm6xs 13 днів тому

      Sure it does its right Rhee in your video. The 2 bolt that attach the strut to the steering knuckle are are where you can adjust the camber. And it also possible to adjust the caster

    • @ProblemSolverGarage
      @ProblemSolverGarage  13 днів тому

      @@lefty-bm6xs no it's just a nut and bolt, it's not like the older cars where it had oval shaped washers attached to it moving the camber positive to negative, these newer cars just have round holes, they are alined at factory and there's no changing it.
      Anyways no point to argue, next time you're working on something newer take a look. 👀

    • @lefty-bm6xs
      @lefty-bm6xs 12 днів тому

      45 years as auto mechanic, done thousands of alignments. There is usually 1 degree of camber play in the knuckle to strut connection. If you don't believe it lossen both bolts and push in and out on the tire just saying don't call it an alignment your just doing the last step.

    • @DL101ca
      @DL101ca 10 днів тому

      I would say it's not an alignment bcs it doesn't take into consideration the rear tires at all, and that all 4 tires are pointed in the same direction instead of crabwalking.

  • @e.r.videography6209
    @e.r.videography6209 20 днів тому +1

    Dude how do you get under a car that low?

  • @e.r.videography6209
    @e.r.videography6209 25 днів тому

    What size of wood did you use?
    Please post dimensions. Thanks.

  • @billjones5178
    @billjones5178 3 місяці тому

    F 150 2007 truck. Alignment off 4/16 inch. I cannot break loose lock nut after much trying. Any suggestion?

    • @ProblemSolverGarage
      @ProblemSolverGarage  3 місяці тому

      Yes watch the Tie rod video there's a link at the end of this video.

    • @DawidKliszewski
      @DawidKliszewski Місяць тому

      Yes. replace with a new one or remove and try to loosen it outside with a vice and a good wrench if you want to save some money.

    • @walts9930
      @walts9930 Місяць тому

      heat

    • @DawidKliszewski
      @DawidKliszewski Місяць тому

      @@walts9930 Yes, heat with a burner. But it's so cheap that it's not even worth trying.

  • @user-cm9fc3iv3l
    @user-cm9fc3iv3l 2 місяці тому

    Your measurements are a bit off, but you've accomplished the job. If you had 60-3/16" front and back and then toed out the front left wheel, its not possible for the front measurement to then be 60-2/16" and the back 60-1/16". If that were true you would've effectively brought your wheels closer together. Still, job is done, but a mathematical error.

    • @ProblemSolverGarage
      @ProblemSolverGarage  2 місяці тому

      Yeah I see what you're saying, somehow that's what always ends up happening, can't make sense of it either, but the tires don't wear and it seems to be set right.

    • @user-cm9fc3iv3l
      @user-cm9fc3iv3l 2 місяці тому

      @ProblemSolverGarage at the end of the day that is what matters.

  • @JamesJarrett-qi8wx
    @JamesJarrett-qi8wx Місяць тому

    Can't you just count the threads?