Alignment when installing SN95 spindles

[4000 Pounds of Iron]

I'm about to install SN95 spindles that I found on a 1994 at the Pull-A-Part -- I can only assume that this will destroy any semblance of alignment that my car has right now. What can I do to get to the alignment shop without burning up my brand-new tires?

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[onefstsnake]

Well how much wider will the SN95 spindles make the front end?

Im thinking you should be able to make it to an alignment shop without messing up the tires too bad. Depending on how far away the shop is...

 

[llwood]

unless the align so so far off you can see it i would think you would be able to drive to the nearest shop. I dropped my s10 4 inches in the front and put new spindles on it and it was fine going to the shop

 

[4000 Pounds of Iron]

I'm just worried that where the tie-rods attach is different enough to cause a drastic toe change. Anyone have direct experience with this?

 

[RacEoHolic330]

Yes, you will need to readjust the tie rod ends after you put the sn95 spindles on. When I did my conversion, I adjusted the spindles by eye until both of the front wheels looked lined up. That made it good enough to drive the car 5 miles to the shop to have it aligned. Good luck.

 

[Shakerhood]

I think to get close I had to turn out the tie rod ends about 12 or 13 turns.

 

[Daggar]

Yeah... it's not too tough. You can measure the distance between the front an rear edges of the tires and adjust accordingly to make it all good enough to get to the alignment shop.

 

[Kabuki_notch]

we adjusted mine at my house then i brought it to a shop and got it done they gave me a discount because when we adjusted it it was so close to perfect.

 

[five-o-joe]

You may as well check the condition of the ball joints as well as the inner and outer tie-rods before you pull everything apart. You do this by checking for excessive play by grabbing the tire and shaking it up and down to check the ball joints, then in and out for the tie-rods as you probably know.

I did the same swap to SN95 spec brakes only to get to the alignment shop and be told that all of the mentioned parts needed replacing. The silver lining was that I switched over to the shorter SN95 ball joints to eliminate the need for the stacked washers used to swap the spindles on the old ball joints. Also the outer tie-rods were replaced by a steeda bump-steer kit to compliment the improved steering geometry of the SN95 spindles.