'65 Rear Tire Alignment

[Mike M.]

I sent the trailing arms off my '65 to Bair's for a rebuild. At the same time I refreshened all of the rear suspension including new ujoints, new brake lines, taking the spring apart and rebuilding it, etc. I have everything back together and the car drives fine, better than before (one of the trailing arm bearing was real bad). The tire/wheels on the rear are now too far 'in' at the top (and too far out at the bottom). I know there is an adjustment cam on the rear strut. Is there a correct proceedure to better align these rear wheels? I guess a commercial shop might be needed?
Tks,
Mike

[Alan D.]

Re: '65 Rear Tire Alignment

Mike, do a search on "Lars Grimsrud, Colorado Corvette Crazies (CCC), Lafayette, CO"
He made a nice DIY procedure. No need to bring to shop.

[John H.]

Re: '65 Rear Tire Alignment

I sent the trailing arms off my '65 to Bair's for a rebuild. At the same time I refreshened all of the rear suspension including new ujoints, new brake lines, taking the spring apart and rebuilding it, etc. I have everything back together and the car drives fine, better than before (one of the trailing arm bearing was real bad). The tire/wheels on the rear are now too far 'in' at the top (and too far out at the bottom). I know there is an adjustment cam on the rear strut. Is there a correct proceedure to better align these rear wheels? I guess a commercial shop might be needed?
Tks,
Mike

Mike -

The rear camber adjustment is pretty simple (cam bolt on the inboard end of the strut rods). However, the rear toe-in adjustment setting is NOT that simple, and should be done with the car on an alignment rack so the thrust centerline can be determined first.

[Dick W.]

Re: '65 Rear Tire Alignment

Agree with John, the toe needs to be set on a four wheel alignment rack. The centerline of the car needs to be determined and the toe set off that point