Alignment

[Travis54529]

How can I measure and adjust my castor angle without disassembling my knuckle. I cannot figure out correct measure points with the ball joints? I’m doing this at home in my driveway cannot afford to go to a shop to have an alignment done after replacing ball

joints “upper control arms” and lower ball joints 

Edited July 28, 2023 by Travis54529

[Grumpy Bear]

It's a line drawn through the center of both ball joints referenced to vertical viewed from the side or into the spindle. 

[richard wysong]

adjustment is done by moving the UCA

[asilverblazer]

If you didn't move the adjusting cams on the upper control arm mounting bolts it is probably close enough - you fiddling with them in the driveway is probably going to make it more worse than better. Plus, you're not going to adjust the caster without likely in advertently adjusting the camber.

[Grumpy Bear]

If you think alignment is expensive have a bad one start eating tires like popcorn. 

[dna9656]

I'd find the money and pay for an alignment, it's way cheaper than a pair of tires, and it'll drive better too.

[newdude]

The amount of time its going to take you to old school manually align it, it will be well worth the $100-200 for a shop to toss it on a rack and computer align it.