I replaced my upper and lower A-arms with a set of the the eBay Chinese specials due to limited funds. I also changed to moog tall ball joints based off research. And added a UMI sway bar and new tie rods. The issue is the front driver tire points slightly out when the wheel is straight. The passenger side tire is line up as it should be. What do I need to do to get the driver tire aligned? That a look at the pictures I added. Any advice please, thanks.

Fred

 

Was an alignment done, if not you need to.

 

You need to get the toe-in closer so you can drive it to the alignment shop.

Center the steering wheel. Turn one of the tie rod adjusters until that wheel points straight ahead. Measure tire-to-tire at front of the tires and tire-to-tire at back of the tires. Turn the other tie rod adjuster until those two measurements are the same.

 

Eric, I have not had an alignment done yet. I just changed the parts is all.

Gary, I will give it a try. Once that’s done I will take it to an alignment shop. After changing the parts the wheels sat this way and I was freaking out because that has never happened. Looking at the tie rods I don’t think I can adjust it far enough to correct the issue but I will give it a try.

Hey thanks for the responses guys.

 

Since you exchanged a lot of stock for aftermarket parts the old alignment is N/A due to the changes in geometry. Nothing to freak out about. Make sure both rt and lt side tie rod assy's somewhat equally and the tires are toe'd in a little bit. The alignment shop will center everything up.

 

Eric, thanks I didn’t even think about that. I actually used the stock tie rod measurements/settings and set the new tie rods to that measurement didn’t even think about the geometry of all the new parts, makes a lot of sense.😖