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      07-27-2019, 07:27 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by chris_flies View Post
dtla1 linked to my thread.

Pick up a laser level, and some angles from your hardware store. It's the same process as a string alignment, but there's no string to trip over and lasers are cooler than twine

I've used it with good results, combined with an Excel alignment sheet I put together. I've found it difficult to get the steering wheel perfectly centered, but that's all my laziness and "it's good enough"-isms.
That sounds interesting! I'll have to price that. Getting the thing square is the key, from what i understand.

WRT the wheel, don't laugh, I bought one of these :https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

My wife thinks it "looks like a robot". But it works...I just swagged my front toe out a half turn on each side after upgrading to M3 control arms and this thing kept the wheel centered.
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