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Originally Posted by SkinnyG
Typically you want toe IN on the front.
Road friction will push the tires to ZERO, because of slop in bushings and bearings. If you run poly bushings, you can set the toe closer to Zero, but you likely still want some toe in.
1/8" toe IN is a good starting place. If poly bushings I'd do 1/16"
Toe OUT makes the steering more responsive (or twitchy).
For best tire wear, you want the tire to end up at zero while rolling.
I use toe-plates and tape measures (and both digital and bubble camber/caster gauges) and have done many, many alignments. You can get very good and repeatable results with practice.
(FWD often needs toe OUT, because power pulls the wheels inward)
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Great....that’s what I had first read, but saw the opposite on another site. I’m doing the job now using some straight steel stock locked to my wheels and a couple of tape measures. I’ll have it on the road in an hour or so and should know pretty quick if I’m way out of whack. I just need to use the truck for a few loads of building materials and hopefully can get it in for a real alignment towards the end of the week.
Thank you for taking the time to reply.
Greg