I finished initial alignment on my car last night. Let me give you where it's at, tell you what I want to do next, and you can tell me how I'm messing it up
The car is set up as a 3 wheeler
Through dumb luck, I think I have the axles holes drilled with no toe and (I think) just enough camber.
If I start with the wheels IN, the move completely OUT in about three rotations, both forward and backward.
The car only has a slight amount of drift, and it's in the wrong direction. After 5 ft, the DFW is 1/2 inch AWAY from the center line. Rotating the axle does not make a significant difference.
My Plan:
1. Marking the top of the DFW axle.
2. Mark the axle at the point where the axle enters the body.
3. Remove the DFW.
4. Thread the axle through an old wheel.
5. Clamp the axle into a vise slightly below the point I marked in step two.
6. LIGHTLY tapping the wheel with a hammer in the direction of the top of the axle. (from 6 o'clock to 12 o'clock)
7. Reinserting the axle with the good wheel and checking alignment to achieve DFW drift of 2 inches per 4 ft TOWARD the center line.
8. If proper drift is not achieved ROTATE the axle so that the 12:00 mark goes toward the FRONT of the car.
9. If proper drift is not achieved after rotating the axle from 12: to (Help me here) 2:00? repeat steps 3-8,