Overview: This Tutorial will help guide to do your own wheel alignment.

Difficulty:3

Time: 1 - 2 hrs

Costs: n/a

Materials:n/s

Tools:a couple of open end wrenches

Procedure:

I find that you can measure toe and cam quite easily.The following link explains the procedure for measuring cam and toe:

Click here for alignment tutorial

Measuring cam on stock 1991 alloy wheels:

the rim bulges in the middle so you have to take a 2 inch block on your leveland calculate gap minus the block width. The gap is indicated by red arrow which is about .75 inches and the rim is about 17 inches



Formula:

inverse tan(.75 inches/17inches)=degrees camberCalulating inverse tan

Click for Online Calculator

you can get inverse tan with the above calculator

1.enter .75/17 inches2shift key3.tan key

so i have a camber of 2.5 degrees.

Or paste this into google search and google will give you the answer:

atan(0.75/17) to degrees

Adjusting camber/toe

Rear



Front( tie rod end nut is 19 mm. the nut to remove tie rod end. not the castle nut.

Only the toe can be adjusted. The camber however will change as toe is change. You change toe by adjusting tie rod length.

ball joint nut is torqued 22-36 lbs

L=174.8 mm or 6.88 inches from factory. both side have to have the same L after adjustment.



1991-1994 240sx ALIGNMENT SPECS:-Front wheel alignment (unladen)(ie fuel, radiator and engine oil full withspare tire, jack, and tools.).....camber -1 degree 30' to 0 degree.....caster 6 degree 00' to 7 degree 30'.....toe in mm (in) 0.3 - 2.3 (0.012 - 0.091).....toe in degree 2' - 13' ( total toe in angle).....full turns inner wheel 39 degree - 43 degree.....full turns outer wheel 33 degree-Rear wheel alignment (unladen) as above.....camber -1 degree 30' to -0 degree 36'.....toe in mm (in) 0.5- 4.5 (0.020- 0.177).....toe in degree 3' - 25' (total toe in angle)

alignment links:http://www.nsxprime.com/FAQ/Ti...t.htm

http://www.240sx.org/faq/articles/alignment.htm

http://www.negative-camber.org....html

http://forums.nasioc.com/forum...93484

http://www.teamblewracing.com/forum/

zerothread?id=69125

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zerothread?id=333595http://forums.nicoc ... ?id=333862

HICAS alignment

Front alignment is the same as regular steering. Rear is different as described below. There is no camber adjustment for rear on hicas.





Originally Posted by Vancouverbc