Hey dudes can anyone help me out I just have a few questions. How do you read the caster adjustment cam collar? There are two lobes for the collar to go into, is the right side positive and the left negative? And how do you know how many degrees you've adjusted? I know there are hash marks on the collar but where is the reference point?

Oh yeah what method do you guys use to measure the toe? I tried measuring the difference between the front and rear of the tires but it seems really inaccurate. Maybe it was just because my wife was holding the other side of the tape measure lol. I wasn't sure if I could use strings becuase the track widths are different from front to rear, or does that even matter?

 

It's called an "alignment shop."

The hashes on the eccentric washers are for reference only. they do not denote any actual measurement. If I were staying in the game for sure, I would buy my own tools for this. I used to get 5-6 alignments a year.

a suggestion would be to perform your own alignment with whatever skills/tools you have. Then, go to a shop and have it professionally aligned. You will be able to see how close you were to what you actually have. Then after the pro alignment, go home and take your own measurements and see how close you come this time.

Being off a couple tenths in camber is no big deal really. I used to think the camber had to be just exact. Not even- I'm not that great of a driver. Toe is important. Caster, is generally thought to be best maxxed out.