Finally took my 70 Runner to a local alignment shop yesterday. This place has a very good local reputation and was even recommended by a few custom shops out here.
Background — I redid the front end in my garage with a kit from DrDiff and also upgraded to power steering because my shoulder is shot. I used all oem parts for power unit and shaft.
I’d actually held off getting it aligned until I got rid of the shakedown issues. The car ran and drove so well I almost didn’t bother getting it aligned.
So, after the alignment it noticed the steering wheel is off center about 5 degrees to the left. Ugh! The tech told me that they would fix it no problem but I have two weeks to take it back.
So after lots of reading I decided I’d adjust myself but then realized that the right tie rod is 9 3/4 inches and the left is 9 1/4. But isn’t that the opposite to move the wheel to center? Shouldn’t the wheel be to the right off center if the right tie rod is longer? Coming up to speed on this but figured I’d share the alignment report as well. Seems like the caster is correct and possibly camber but toe is zero? Did they leave toe alone because front end is new?
Thanks in advance!!!
Background — I redid the front end in my garage with a kit from DrDiff and also upgraded to power steering because my shoulder is shot. I used all oem parts for power unit and shaft.
I’d actually held off getting it aligned until I got rid of the shakedown issues. The car ran and drove so well I almost didn’t bother getting it aligned.
So, after the alignment it noticed the steering wheel is off center about 5 degrees to the left. Ugh! The tech told me that they would fix it no problem but I have two weeks to take it back.
So after lots of reading I decided I’d adjust myself but then realized that the right tie rod is 9 3/4 inches and the left is 9 1/4. But isn’t that the opposite to move the wheel to center? Shouldn’t the wheel be to the right off center if the right tie rod is longer? Coming up to speed on this but figured I’d share the alignment report as well. Seems like the caster is correct and possibly camber but toe is zero? Did they leave toe alone because front end is new?
Thanks in advance!!!