How to Perform Wheel Alignment by Yourself
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In this video, 1A Auto shows you how to perform a wheel alignment by yourself
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• Complete Metric Wrench Set 1aau.to/ogC/1AXAA00010
• Locking Pliers 1aau.to/obe/1AXAA00139
• Wire or String
• Cardboard
• Jack Stands 1aau.to/ogr/1AXAA00065
• Measuring Tape
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You guys really make it that easy!
@@ProfessionalGasLighting morning thank
Remember to jack up each wheel to check if the rims are not buckled. With tie rods undone, check centre of steering box, or rack, to see if steering wheel is fitted in the right [center] position.
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I would just be happy that my ford focus started
😂😂
Should have went Honda or Toyota.
My car always starts but this has a new issue every few days
They're not difficult cars to fix! I love the Focus 😁
There's a quick easy solution for that. Get yourself a big flat-head screwdriver and pry all those blue ovals off of it. That should fix all your problems.
As a woman this channel is a Godsend. It's so hard to find people/places to learn car related stuff from and car shops always want to take advantage because we don't know any better. Now I can do so much by myself. It's fun and saves me money 💯💯💕💕
It sure does. If you have some work space like he does and the tools for it. I would do my own wheel alignment myself. Because I don't for now, I'm just gonna take my car the service shop this Saturday for alignment, tire rotation & balance.
Hey A1 Auto. I have watched many of your videos and learned a lot. I just wanted to say thank you for putting them up and making them available for the public's use. Obviously, you want to sell parts which is cool, but anyone can come watch your vids whether they purchase from you or not and hopefully make their own repairs and save some money. I usually watch two or three different videos to compare, but yours are the standard I hold everyone else to. They are cleanly done, nice clear pictures and dialogue and highly informative for the driveway mechanic like me. Thanks again and Merry Christmas! I am going to check out your website next and see what kind of deals you have for parts!
I cannot thank you enough for developing this channel ✌🏾 I have learned so much from it. I am confident in performing basic maintenance/repairs on my truck because of these videos! Every time I have an issue or want to learn something new, I always check your channel first.
It might be a obvious tip, but one thing I've always heard/seen when adjusting tie rods is to hold the outer end with a wrench as you adjust the inner rod. That way you don't put any un-needed stress or twist tension on the outer rod
One of my first vehicles in the '60's amongst other things it chewed the edge of the front tyres. I paid for alignment, it was worse! I had little money but an ad. for budget repairs caught my eye. This old guy laid a metal tray device in front of each tyre and I helped him push the vehicle over it, he read off numbered marks on the tray and he adjusted the track rods. We did this a few times until he was happy. He charged very little and it completely cured the problem!
Thanks 1A auto ! Also mechanic shops should thank you as well for telling us to follow up the already good alignment to get another equally good alignment. 😆
This is an excellent video,, I definitely think it would be very accurate to use a good strong fishing line instead of the string shown in order to get a good reading with the tape measure, I always use it and it works so well because you can see the perfect line to do the adjustments needed.
I really appreciate all these videos you all do. They don’t just help me do repairs myself. They help me keep my mechanics in line. I can’t thank you enough..
EXCELLENT. This is by far the best video on this subject that I've seen!
I'll be using your instructions tomorrow on my just completed project car.
I've ordered from you guys before and the service was great. Thanks for helpful videos too.
+ButchNackley Thank you! We love empowering our customers and showing how to perform DIY auto repairs with our high-quality auto parts. We are happy to hear that you have also been satisfied with our service and products! 1AAuto.com
BS comment, most likely fake.
Just what i needed. Replaced a tie rod end, and the old one is longer than the new one. Steering wheel is off-center towards the left now, thanks for this quick 'n dirty technique, still have the other tie rod end to replace before going to get alignment, and it's 20 miles away.
Thank you!
This is helpful because I live 90 miles away from the nearest shop that can do alignments and there can be up to a two-week wait to get a complete four-wheel alignment done. Had to replace both inner and outer tie-rods recently and this at least ensures I'm not burning up my tires over the 10 days when I take it to the shop.
Geez!!! Where in Timbuktu do you live
I've used the 1A videos many times now. Thanks 😊
Great video. I will try this out tomorrow on my civic. I did a 4 to 5 lug conversion and drum to disk brakes for the rear and my alignment is way off on the rear-end,so I will def try this method out. thanks for making these helpful video's.
How did it go? Lol
What a great video and instruction. Can't thank you enough brother. Just got my wife's car back from Canadian tire and they couldn't do the alignment because upper tire rod locking nut was rusted . No phone call saying I needed new tie rods or they couldn't accomplish the job, nothing. So I thought no news was good news........wrong bucko. Before it went into shop I just replaced every other front end part except for upper the rods( still good) both ball joints, lower the rods , sway bar($1400) . Of course all my buds told me afterwards that I shouldn't of taken it there, I knew their rep but it was just an alignment .
Can you guys do a full video of how to do the 2nd way of aligning the tires seems much easier! Please
check this u tube search,"VKRP distributors wheel-alignment-toe-in-toe-out-gauge". About $55 from Walmart.
Thanks man I appreciate your time for everyone. I went from 2:00 to about 1:00 witch was alot to me. I learned something I always just adjust outer with sense. You taught me more indepth thanks again
Great video. I really enjoyed your teaching approach.
Thanks for the video. I appreciate people who can operate without "fancy" electronics!
Well Explained, and to the point. Using measurement and geometry to fix things...great!
Thanks for this!
Thank you for your time and knowledge
Excellent video. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you 1A Auto. Your vids have prob saved me some major headaches
Awesome job thank you
Thank you for this really helpful video.
Thanks, the video helped me center my steering wheel after changing the inner and outer tie rods.
Great description, love the video.. thank you
Thanks for checking us out. 1aauto.com +Donald Whiteman
Excellent advice and nice clear descriptions.. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for making this. Enjoy your videos, good presenter mechanic
Thanks for help and a great idea to get as close as possible!!!!!!
Good channel. Thanks for sharing this video. Congrats 🎈
Hey I have just used this information to check the alignment on my sc400 worked great Cheers guys
Very helpful 👌 thanks 😊
Thank you for this detailed tutorial! Super clear, easy to understand and follow. Will be using it! Thank you again :)
Thanks, this video contains lots of information on how to properly install brakes.
I was very happy with our wheel hubs we got. great fit and now excited to see how they last, over all the shipping was amazing fast. better than amazon. I will be coming back for more parts as my car breaks down lol.
+Andrew Stutzman Thanks for the feedback!
Great video. I try to do my car alignment my self easier ways thank you 1-Auto
This method worked for me! Thanks for the great video.
+kaoshonen Thank you! We love empowering our customers and showing how to perform DIY auto repairs with our high-quality auto parts. 1AAuto.com
Your clips are wonderful, thanks, best greatings from Germany
+Marcell Galla Welcome Germany! Thanks for watching!
I do that but strap firmly a level to the steering wheel that's how I know I always get back to my home position. Might be wrong but works for me every time.
Nice tip
Awesome thanks for your time.
Nice clear explanation. Never saw it done. Thanks!
+Shawn P Thank you! We love empowering our customers and showing how to perform DIY auto repairs with our high-quality auto parts. 1AAuto.com
@@1AAuto This is a FWD car which needs 4 wheel alignment and you never compensated for track width between the front and back.
This guy is awesome I learned more about cars from watching his videos than from anyone or anything else
Ive seen videos on CZcams using this method for wheel alignment but wondered if there was some validity to it. If 1A Auto Parts says it will work. Im convinced and will try it. Thanks for the video. I like the quality parts you sell and your my goto parts store
+E M P Thank you for the great reply. We love to empower our customers by showing you how-to perform your own auto repairs while installing our high quality auto parts. Have a great day! 1aauto.com
Thank you for the video.
Good video. Very helpful
Great, I like the second method!
I’ve done this a couple times with good results. Sometimes I’ll have to test and tweak it a bit, but it allows me to do repairs like tie rods and struts myself, then align it good enough to get it to a tire shop. Saves thousands
Thats what im trying to do haha my car goes straight at a 90 degree angle after replacing tie rods and upper and lower control arms
thanks much bro for wonderful instructive video, once again thanks bro
Would the linear travel distance of the particular thread size on your tie rod give you a general idea of how many turns you need to do? Other factors obviously affecting it
Great video… thanks for sharing
Such a nice job
+Raja Arshad Thank you!
very useful video thank you!
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Ty good video great info I appreciate you sharing your knowledge
Great explanation, thanks.
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The lock nut displacement could have been moved 7/16 of an inch away from the outer tie rod end to get the desired initial movement. Also, retightening the lock nit before the next measurement is unnecessary until the final dimension is determined. Good information however.
That only applies if you're measuring in the same spot on the front of the wheel as the tie-rod is on the back. I know my tie-rod doesn't quite align with the back edge of my wheel. The further from center your measurement point is, the greater the measurement is going to be. So if you adjust the tie-rod the same amount that you're measuring at the outer edge of the wheel, you're going to overcorrect. But if you know your tie-rod is about 5/6ths of the way to the edge from the center of the wheel then you could calculate roughly how far you needed to turn it based on that. I'd much prefer that to his guess and check method though.
Thank you for a very informative video. It is simple and to the point.
+G D Thank you! We love empowering our customers and showing how to perform DIY auto repairs with our high-quality auto parts. 1aau.to/m/Shop-1AAuto-c
Awesome instruction: Since I have a 1963 F100, I can do the Toe-In adjustment/ alignment my self. No one has the tools to adjust the camber for this type of vehicle anymore since it requires a special hydraulic adjustment tool to adjust and bend the front axle. Great video!! Thanks guys.
Truck stops or the guys that set big truck alignment and i too have 70 f100 twin i beam
Any competent RV or heavy truck shop should be able to bend that axle up for you to spec
I would think bending the frame would be easier.
What does the tool look like?
Thanks!
Did an alignment on a modern alignment machine on a three wheeled spyder. Customer was told that they had to travel to a special dealer alignment place for those bikes.
Heck no you don't, just use a plank to hold up the back end on a regular alignment machine or use this method.
Worked awesome.
Thanks !
Ty you save my day
This was very interesting info
yeah I was wondering if this was something that you can rely on long-term versus a shop which has like laser alignment tools and stuff. and for a race car I think as quickly as I go through tires I'll let a shop do it. but thanks for the tutorial I did verify that they were pretty close I've got some toe in.
Great video. The cardboard is great idea.
+Georgia Boy Thanks for checking us out! 1AAuto.com
A better way of loosening or tightening the jam nut on the tie rod end is putting a wrench on the flats of the tile rod end. That way your putting stress on the wrench and not the ball and socket of the tie rod end.
That’s a good tip, it helps doing more precise adjustments because your tie rods will tend to go back to straight and screw your adjustment while driving
@@MrMOGHammer The adjustment won't change if you correctly tighten the jam nut.
Big Shout out to the camera man . Zooming in underneath the car For that tire rod..👍👍👍👍👍
👍 very nicely made video. 👌 way better than all the back yard mechanics posting
Awesome video. One of my brothers showed me how to align doing the tape trick. I just eyeball it though then take it to get aligned. Thanks for sharing this informative video.
+xHouston Kingx Thanks for checking us out. 1aauto.com
xHouston Kingx Make sure you center the spoke and have somebody to hold the wheel straight. Otherwise, the steering wheel will end up out of line. OTC has a steering wheel holder. Longacre has a toe bar. Amazon has it. Get a Snap on caster/camber gauge from Amazon or EBAY. Get one that reads inches if your spec is inches. Get the right tools to align it. Check for loose steering first.
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@@hankbridges7824 you can also drive the seat belt through the steering and tighten it to block it, making sure it stays straight
All well and good using a tape measure, what if the first tyre has excessive toe in.. would you do the string line first to get approximate squareness?
Very good
Thank you. Good info.
great video
This is great information. Hope you don’t have a bent rim. Sometimes alignments are needed after an accident. Probably a good idea to jack up the car and spin the wheel to check for wobble.
this was a very informative video.
+chris ryan Thank you for the great reply. We love to empower our customers by showing you how-to perform your own auto repairs while installing our high quality auto parts. Have a great day! 1aauto.com
Excellent
Thanks this was helpful. How is an alignment done at a shop?
Brilliant!
Great video
Awesome!
Another great DIY video
You guys rock
Aloha from Hawaii
I found that concrete blocks work very well, especially if you don't have 4 step stools. Once I achieved proper toe, I had to compensate 1/2 turn to correct for thrust angle. It's nice that someone broke the lock nuts loose so we wouldn't be bored with the reality of using a torch.
2nd method worked perfectly on my toyota tacoma. I just taped the end of measuring tape to tire. Now my toyota tacoma drives straight after replacing tie rods. Thanks
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I don't get it. Why move the stand to 67 to match the front? Wouldn't that change the 1 inch you just adjusted in the beginning at 1 inch from the center of wheels?
Would braided fishing line be better?
It might
awesome video, thanks bro.
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awesome video guys appreciate it!
+Matthew Dickerson Thank you! We love empowering our customers and showing how to perform DIY auto repairs with our high-quality auto parts. 1AAuto.com
Hey Andy , would'nt it be enough just to measure distance from side to side from the Front of the front tire to the back of the front tire just for toe In/out?
Love ur show
good work bro
Thank you
Thank you :)
I'm genuinely surprised at how well this worked. I adjusted the toe on our 2007 Chevy Aveo after changing tie rods, ball joints and wheel bearings (steering wheel was FAR from center). I used the first method to set the alignment, and the second to verify the alignment was set. I should now be set for the next 2 weeks until the local repair shop can get my car in. Thanks for this info!
+Nathan Ford Thank you! We love empowering our customers and showing how to perform DIY auto repairs with our high-quality auto parts. 1aau.to/m/Shop-1AAuto-c
Thanks for this comment. I just did a rack and pinion and my alignment is way off. My steering wheel is almost sideways as straight. 😅
Best videos and parts always
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best explanation keep it up
you have any instructions on the camper adjustment while doing this?
Good information
Thanks!!
Hi there, I am a bit confused when you did measure the front driver side, it is toed in back is 1 1/8 and front is 1 3/16
same as the front passenger side which is toed in back is inch and front 1 3/8 to adjust you need to tighten the tie rod end which is good but the driver side which we can say toed in as well 1 1/8 back and 1 3/16 front and you mention it should be loosen to correct it or it should be tighten as well same on the passenger side. Thanks for clarification!