Fine Tipped Marking Pen: With a bright red or black contrasting color, get either a 'fine' felt tip marker, or 'extra fine' ball point marking pen, or a very sharp pencil, because two (2) marks with a dull point can easily equal 1/16' or even more.Ĥ. Marking/Masking Tape: Roll of beige or blue painter's masking tape approximately 1' to 2' wide.ģ.

Six (6) Inch Vertical Marking Tool: Obtain a scrap piece of plywood, 1x4, 2x4, sheet metal, or whatever & squarely cut both ends to measure 6' long when held vertically above the floor.Ģ. Maybe this method or a similar toe-in method was already mentionned, but this is just another accurate way that 'works' to check front end toe-in alignment.ġ.

Without having front end alignment tools & equipment, & with wobbly Model A tires, each wobbling +/- 1/16' or more from left to right, it appears difficult to accurately acquire a +/- 1/32' measurement with some already described front end alignment methods using for example, sliding curtain rods, a nail mark on a chalk line drawn on the tire's circumference center, sliding sticks, or what not, placed on in-sides of tires.

Many good articles were written on front end toe-in alignment, & many Forum threads were mentioned on front end alignment using many different methods for measuring however, one is talking about a very accurate horizontal distance of +/- 1/32' above or below 1/16' provided closer at the front of the front tires than at the rear of the front tires, when both measurements are taken at 6' above the floor.ī.

Front end toe alignment tool