[FC] do-it-yourself alignments

[Bryan Blackwell]

You could take it to a shop and just have them measure it for you.  
Chances are good you're fine, but it'll give you the data you need to 
decide what to do next.

--Bryan

On Apr 13, 2005, at 9:45 PM, Ruth Dorogi wrote:

> When I restored my rampside I had virtually every nut and bolt off the 
> vehicle.  The front and rear suspensions were removed and rebuilt and 
> extensive body work was done to repair rust problems.  After I put the 
> rampside back together again I did a do-it-yourself alignment using 
> the available written material available from our vendors and homemade 
> toe-in gauges and string.   Just wanted to get it in good enough shape 
> to be able to drive it to an alignment shop.  Well, the vehicle 
> handles well doesn't pull, and goes down the road as straight as can 
> be.  I don't have much confidence in the local shops working on a 
> rampside so I never got it aligned.  After 2300 miles the tires look 
> fine and the old truck is a joy to drive.  Sometimes I feel I should 
> have a professional check it out but frankly I am afraid they will 
> just screw it up.  What do all of you think?  Dennis Dorogi