Heidts alignment ?

Just noticed both front tires are wearing more on the outside.
So I checked the alignment with a Longacre caster,camber gauge.
left side camber 1/2degree,caster 1and 1/2 degree
right side camber5/8degree,caster 2and 3/4 degree
toe 1/8"-3/16"
If anyone can help, I sure would appreciate it .

Thanks.

Are the camber specs + or - ? I just aligned my MII setup with a longacre guage as well. I did alot of digging for specs and found very little agreement on camber specs; anything from +1/2 to -1/2??? I've set my camber to be slightly neg. but very close to 0. Unforunately I haven't had it out for a drive yet.
It would seem to me that too much + caster might cause wear on the outside of the tires but I'm no expert.
BTW did you try checking the alignment with some weight in the driver's seat; it does make quite a difference.

Shawn,
All are + settings.
I thought the more caster you had the straighter the car went ?
Is there a trick to adjust these Heidts front ends or is it me?
I get it set for the camber first , then when I to set the caster , I lose the setting I had for the camber ???

You have the same problems?
What steps did you use?

Thanks

I eyeballed my alignment on my clip, I had it like that for 2 years without a problem..lol But I guess I just got lucky:beer:

Heidt's recommends the alignment be set to o degrees camber, 1 degree postive caster and 1/16-1/8" toe-in.
Tim

Shawn,
All are + settings.
I thought the more caster you had the straighter the car went ?
Is there a trick to adjust these Heidts front ends or is it me?
I get it set for the camber first , then when I to set the caster , I lose the setting I had for the camber ???

You have the same problems?
What steps did you use?

Thanks

Keep in mind that this was the firs time I've tried to do an alignment and I'm embarrassed to say how many hoursssss I spent doing it but how else do you learn.
Tim (Ibuildm) posted heidts specs which I wouldn't conradict other than caster. As you mentioned more + caster will make the car more stable at high speed with the drawback of increased steering effort at low speed. So if your car is mainly a intown cruiser you may want to set the caster as reccomended but if you're running the drags you may want to run more. Caster of say 3-4* would probably work well at the track but may make parking at the mall difficult especially if your wife or girlfriend may drive the car.
As far as tricks; hey I'm a totol mewb at this. One thing after you've set the camber and are checking caster make note of the camber reading it will have chnaged because of turning the wheels . Adjust the caster while trying to maintain that camber reading. Also don't try to simply adjust the caster with the rear of the control arm, I found I had to fiddle with front as well. I seem to remember that moving the front of the control arm say 1/4*(camber) would change the caster about 1* and vice versa; move the caster 1* with the rear of the control arm and the camber would change about 1/4*; so about a 4:1 ratio but don't hold me to that :).
I don't know what alignment shops use to pry the control arm with but that to me was the biggest pain. I had to jack the car up sometimes to get the weight off so I could move things.
Seriously; best of luck :).

Good input Tim. Gotta write that down and keep it on file.

Oh yeah, about the TCI 4 link......gonna be calling ya in about two weeks!!! ********:D:D:D

Thanks all , for your help.
After work I came home and reset the camber to 0 and the caster to 1and 1/2 degree positive . Same both sides.
I will reset my TOE tomorrow night , or at least check to see what it is , I don't think it should change much.
I hope this takes care of my tire wear.
Oh, has anyone " strung "a car to set the toe ?
I heard of this somewhere.

Thanks again!!!