One of the great things about street rodding is the way you build your car is open to interpretation; still, the best cars seem to follow a theme. As an example, most builders believe that from an ...

Wheel alignment is routine service for trucks with a solid, hypoid rear axle and a beam, twin-beam, or independent front suspension (IFS) system. A vintage I-beam front axle has the simplest ...

Front axle alignment is maintained by checking toe ... This actually results in running straight ahead under loaded conditions when the truck is moving. Toe-in, the most commonly adjusted ...

The steering wheel’s not quite straight, or maybe it’s pulling a bit. You know you need a proper alignment, but you’ve also heard it’s best to let the suspension “settle” before you ...

In fact, the actual alignment took less time than it took ... The C1 Corvette, or the Corvettes that have non-independent straight axles in the rear, use the front suspension from the '53 ...

Most pickup trucks and large SUVs have what’s known as a solid rear axle, which normally doesn’t need adjustment — unless something’s broken. The former is known as a two-wheel alignment ...

Steer tires are always affected when the steer axle is out of alignment as well as when the rear axles are pushing the vehicle in a direction other than straight. You can diagnose the cause of ...

Of the four, axle parallelism is the cause of most alignment problems. On a properly aligned vehicle ... you’ll have to make constant steering corrections to keep the vehicle straight. Tires on a ...

Q. I took my 2000 Lexus RX300 sport-utility vehicle to a local oil-change shop that advised me that my front end needed alignment, showing me excessive tread wear on the inside of the left front tire.

If you see the manufacturer’s logo on the steering wheel is not straight, it may be a sign that the wheel alignment is off ... are balanced evenly around the axle. The wheels are inspected ...

Attached to the other end of the bellcrank are left- and right-side tie rods that connect to their respective steering knuckles on the front axle ... This is the most straight-forward column ...