I have my car booked in on Friday for a wheel alignment as I have noticed it like to wander. more toward the left but sometimes also right.
I noticed the other day when visually inspecting the car that both front wheels were toed out.
I guess that explains the wander.

my question is can anyone supply the factory specs for alignment so I can check once it is done that they have done it correctly.

 

Section 10 of the manual

Section 11 of the manual

 

Tramlining on this car sometimes has to do with the standard tire size I can't remember , maybe 16 / 225 and there is a max size where it becomes prevalent

Other then that there are 2 aftermarket shims to take up the slack on the mounting blocks and Don B has a good write up

Might want to postpone the final alighnment

Editing

Part # SPC1059 found on E-bay

Can be slipped in without removing rack , goes between the rack and 2 chassis mounting blocks

If you look from the top down to a light source on the floor , you may see the present gap on both left and right side

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Thanks for that.

i did buy the shims. Not got them installed yet and maybe a while before i get to it.

a wheel allignment is not expensive so no issue to do it now and then again later.
Did not get tie wire with the shims tho. Only got the plastic shims. So need to get some tie wire

 

you probably dont need the wire tbh - the shims are a bitch to get in and i cant even imagine the kind of force needed to dislodge them again.

 

A warm garage probably helps expand gaps

In the pic someone is using the tip of a crowbar , maybe to shift things over , I think the pic is from Don B .

 

i needed a prybar and a clamp to work the first shim in - on the drivers side i only managed to get it partly in before it got completely stuck due to the input shaft making the space even tighter.
i have to remove the rack now to ship it off to be reconditioned, so i will take the opportunity to get the drivers side one properly seated when its out and i have more space to push it in from all sides.

 

Wondering if you turn the steering in the driveway and travel a tiny bit it will shift things to one side ?

I've got 2 of them shims , but not put them in yet

 

I have used the wire method to lock the steering rack in place in an XJ40 and an X300.
Basically, a piece of fencing wire around 1/8 inch diameter is fed over the end of the rack mounting rubber and firmly "twitched" into place using the wind-up method to get a firm seating.
the ends of the wire are then cut close to the last twitch.
A hose clamp can then be placed over the wire so it looks "professional" and the wire is locked in place.
On a hoist it takes about 30 minutes to do the job at both ends of the rack
The rack is now firmly locked to the body and there is a little more "road feel" but the steering is vastly improved.

 

Apparently a wheel allignment can’t be done on my car.

supposedly the machines don’t fit due to ride height and wheel size.

wtf.
dumb asses.

car is on 20” wheels but total rolling diameter is same as standard and ride height is stock

 

They are just doing it against paperwork for liability issues , look for another shop

I was driving in St. Louis one morning looking at the Gateway Arch on the skyline and I noticed the car in the opposite direction was missing his front wheel , I looked up to watch it come through my windshield at 120 MPH

It was a big tire and wheel and probably other attached parts

Made my car look like a catchers mitt

 

Guy reckons the car is lowered.

he also said the machine they have attaches to outside the wheel and if they put it on the rear wheel it will rub the guards when they roll the car.

he said they know of no shop with an alligner that attaches to the hub.
so guess i will ring around on monday and find a shop not so useless.