Quick and dirty toe alignment illustrated.

[sonyslave]

This method is not perfect, but it is easy for you to to do by yourself and gets your toe alignment set fairly accurately provided you don't measure incorrectly.

Tips:
Gorilla tape holds fast to the tire.
Use a flexible, light weight tape measure (mine was a freebie from the bank), or perhaps a cloth tape measure that flexes easily.
Do not thread screws into the tire, just barely go into the tread block, this step is not necessary but it makes it easier to check that you are setting the tape measure on the exact same plane for an accurate measurement.

Set 1st screw in tread. Measure distance to floor, use this distance to set the 2nd screw at a similar distance to floor -doesn't have to be perfect, just close - because this method measures difference.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I like to mark the position and the measurement value on the tire itself to make things simple, use a pen mark traced on the tire. This helps to remind yourself if you are lacing the tape over or through the tread blocks so you can duplicate the lacing for the 2nd measurement.

 

Roll Pathfinder to 2nd position for measurement, leave screws in place while rolling. Do not roll over screws. Retract tape measure and leave tape measure attached (taped) to tire during rolling, do not run it over.

 

NOTE: the tape measure is still on the SAME SIDE of the screw relative to the screw. -don't lace the tape measure along the top(or bottom) of the screw for both measurements.

 

 

The tape has to be in a straight line under the vehicle, obstructions to the tape forcing it to wrap/bend around will err your measure.

 

The closer to 180 degrees out for the 2nd measurement will the aid the accuracy of the measurement.

 

I can't take credit for this method, it was originally posted elsewhere -using pins/needles in the tread and measuring the distance between the pins. Seemed too difficult to do by myself so I modified it to this method.

 

Hope this helps out somebody, I've gotten a ton of help from NPORA!!!

Edited May 2, 2013 by sonyslave