I swapped in a D60 front and D70 rear. It's time to try to start daily driving my rig.

How have people done their axle alignment?

I was thinking of trying to find a fixed point on the frame and go from there to the axle on each side.

Anyone else do this? What point did you use for reference?

for axle alignment i found dead center on my axle marked it and dead center on my frame right above the axle (my oil pan) marked it drop the plumb bob and go. for front to back i used multiple points that were equal on either side from both the front and back and check all of them and pretty much get it as squared away as i could. you aint going to get it perfect without an alignment shop (or i should say a buddy with the alignment stands) but you can get pretty darn close.

Thanks.....I was thinking along those same lines for getting it close.
My frame is so out of square and tweaked from all the welding I did on it when I stretched it that I am just scratching my head wondering where to start. My garage fab area has changed drastically now and I am working in the dirt so it sucks. :mad3:

Thanks.....I was thinking along those same lines for getting it close.
My frame is so out of square and tweaked from all the welding I did on it when I stretched it that I am just scratching my head wondering where to start. My garage fab area has changed drastically now and I am working in the dirt so it sucks. :mad3:

don't complain to me i work outside in all weather on my jeep lol:flipoff2:

Yeah San Diego aint that bad......I should shut the hell up when you guys are getting snowed on.

if ya got a level concrete pad, mark the floor where the center of tire is on front side and backside of tire(edge of tire above the floor, square or level) measure the distances and get the difference for toe in or out.

Another thing to look into if your frae is kinda out of wack from what you mentioned is a reference to the rear axle. No matter how straight to the front of the frame points, if your front and rear axle are off, the rig will be off, resulting in crappy riding, unnecessary wear, etc.

A cool and easy way to do some of the alignment is to mount some laser levers to the hub\drum area fro one axle to the other against scribed lines on the housing and other reference points to frame, mounts, axle center as mentioned above, etc.

Good luck, and remember it is road worth it in the end, who cares if it shakes a bit down the street :D