How to Align a Classic Car - 1969 Mustang Alignment

Today we take on aligning my 1969 Mustang. These classic cars are easy to align yourself with the right tools. The alignment tools I used are Quick Turn Adjustment Plates and a Longacre caster and camber gauge. For your own vehicle, look up torque requirements for eccentric washer/bolt and clamp on tie rods.

I enjoy doing the alignment myself because it gives me the freedom to constantly adjust it and see how the performance changes with changes. (Must be the engineer inside of me)

The specs I am using for a power steering car are:
0 to -0.5 Degrees Camber
+2.5 to +4.5 Caster RH and LH within 0.5*
1/8" Toe In

... but it changes every year as I adjust it to my liking.

After you are done, make sure everything is torqued correctly (Eccentric Washer/Bolt/Nut and Tie Rod Clamps)

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[dougbawden]

Great video, I like all the fact that none of the simple explanations were skipped

[kennethabrazee]

Great job. The diagram lines really are what made me subscribe. They help a lot for sight learners such as I. Thank you

[mperdsx]

Nice video. Your almost there.
Run a straightedge from turn table to turn table and square them up to each other so your 20/20 is car centered and accurate. Use the steel spare wheel/tire in the trunk so you can go straight to the car disc hub with the magnet mount to avoid wheel imperfections.
Toe measurements with the tape/string method will be a little fuzzy because of tire imperfections/deviations, so we got to do a little better.
For the toe. Make a pair of "perfectly square" 3x7 foot right angles from perfectly straight metal of choice. Graduate the 3-foot legs in 32 seconds of an inch starting from "exactly" the centering dimple on the hub spindle. Run a tapered centering bolt through each 3-foot leg into each spindle dimple for that. Attach one 3-foot leg to each hub, this will require a spacer and attachment method that you deem 100% square/accurate. You will need to use 2 steel wheels so you can go straight to the hub. Read the individual toe for each tire where the 7-foot legs cross over the graduated 3-foot legs in front of the tires. Dead nuts accurate every time.

[RW-zhkl]

I need to adjust my 67. The drivers side is about the right - camber, but the passenger side has a slight + camber.. 🥴 it's been like this a few years so looking at adjusting it now

[noneedmen]

Thanks for another how to. I’m keeping stock suspension but just replacing with modern parts. Polyurethane I heard gives a bit stiffer a ride over the traditional rubber, but I’ll take the longevity over comfort in this aspect. We’re already doing the final assembly and the last needed items are trickling in. Loved to compare cars at a show together someday.

[chrishams]

try checking the caster by leaving the guage on the wheel when you go from 20 deg back to 20 deg forward

[mooosestang]

dude! Everything effects the toe for me. i'm trying to rough in the alignment on a 63 thunderbird. The PO changed the steering box or had it done rather and they never did an alignment. it was pulling to the left and right front had toe in and left front had toe out. I don't have two nuts like you do, just one big nut and there wasn't even a cotter pin in it. thanks for the video. I understand the suspension a lot better, but i may get a pro to finish this up. I'm afraid i'll put something in a bind.

[AndyKruseChannel]

Do you think those same settings would be a good starting point for my '66?

[CCAutoWorks]

Thanks for sharing we definitely need to do this to are 69

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[danlabonty]

Doesn't mean the car will track straight. If right was toe out .5 inches and the left was toe in 1.0 inches the way you measure the car would have negative .5 inches of toe but the car would still track right. You would still need to pull a string from front to rear to make sure car is tracking straight then toe in each tire the same on each side.

[Bikedueder]

Is there any place that "rents" this tool by chance?

[alicenfred]

What does shimming the upper A-Arm do? Isnt that part of an alignment?

[bosshemi]

If your garage floor is not 100% level side to side, ,, all of this is for not .

[onetransmission]

This is a total bs video. You've never done a front end alignment in all your life. Please take it down so you don't confuse and mislead guys trying to learn. I've done it for 60 years. Would you want me to do a video on open heart surgery?