Doing a track day alignment in my home garage

I've been working on Corvettes since I was 15, I'm now 63. I'm sure that I've aligned at least 3000 of them as I used to average over 300 per year. There is so much to learn and I give you a lot of credit. Credit for doing it yourself and credit for being bold enough and humble enough to record and publish it all. Good job! For those of you ready to embark on this same journey, let me offer a few pro tips: 1) if you are going to bump steer your car, record the distance axle/hub centerline to a point on the fender lip before you jack the car up the first time at ride height. That will be your staring point for measuring bump steer (and you only need to cycle the suspension 2 inches in each direction (compression and droop) from ride height. 2) Think of the car as a huge bench vice. Let the car hold the parts while you break the nuts and bolt loose. Unfortunately you needed to work twice as hard breaking the ball joints and tie rods loose because you had disconnected the control arms from the chassis first. If you were to remove the sway bar end links, lower shock mounting bolts, tie rods ends and ball joints before removing the control arms, you would have been faster and not had to work nearly as hard. 3) you can remove or install the transverse leaf springs, by undoing the lower shock mounting bolts on both sides, one sway bar end link and lower ball joint on one side of the car. 4) you will never get all of the air and old fluid out of the brake hydraulic system without cycling the abs pump with a scan tool. 5) Any bump steer washer change will require a toe readjustment as you have changed the outboard location of the tie rod. Think of it this way, in stock form, the tie rod slopes down as it projects outboard. By raising the outboard of the tie rod (because the outer tie rod end travels in an arc) you will need to shorten the tie rod length to maintain toe. That is why you were toed out up front and toed in out back. And the biggest time saver for you in the future is that you can adjust toe without taking the wheels off. Just jack it up, slide under the bumper, break the inner jamb nut loose and turn the inner tie rod with a wrench (the inner tie rods have flats, I think that they are 13mm, and the threads are right hand). Mark your staring point on the inner tie rod with a sharpie or chalk. If you are adjusting front toe and you need more toe in, just shorten the front tie rods The same number of flats on both sides. 5)if you want to make some really cheap and compact slip plates for doing an alignment, get 8 pieces of 1/8" aluminum roughly 16"x16", squirt a bit of grease between a pair of plates and place each pair under the tires. as you raise and lower the car, they will allow the suspension to settle so you will not need to drive the car in and out of the garage in order for the suspension to settle between each adjustment. When you are done with the plates, a quick clean up with brake kleen and paper towels and you can tuck them behind your tool box for the next use. I hope this helps. If you have any questions, feel free to call me at the shop.

I'm a Japanese Corvette fan.I found your work process videos to be quite captivating, thanks to the remarkably clear video quality that showcases your work. Your well-organized, clean, and spacious workspace in the garage is truly envy-inducing.I'm also looking forward to your future video updates.

The sound from that LS7 never gets old ... something a GT3 can't do !

Good on you for wearing your safety glasses!

Alignments are one of those things where each adjustment has an effect on the others.

Finally! Another video 😂 DO NOT QUIT! 👍🏼

I sat down thinking I would only watch 20 min or so and then get to work on my own car.... ended up watching it all the way through lol. Love the content. Watching the progression of the car and you learning the car both from a mechanic stand point and from a driver stand point is pretty cool. Quality videography and audio too by the way! Keep 'em coming!

C6 generation is the best driver's cars. Although I have C7 and look forward to what C8 ZR1 can do, C6Z and ZR1 would be a dream to drive. Row those gears.

Hope Ruthy found a forever home she looks like a sweet girl

I must say I love your videos. Its the exact stuff I like doing (working on my car in my garage) trying to figure stuff out myself. Trial and error. Trying new parts ect. Good enjoyable content here :)

Man!!! What a great video Josh! Thanks for letting us tag along

Great Video - love watching your progression. I have a 2009 Goldie and I May follow your mods. Great Car !

You know what I absolutely love about this channel? It shows the good the bad and the ugly of having project cars which a lot of channels don't show! Keep up all the great work! Cant wait for more videos!

Yes. We have been patiently waiting.

Hats off to you, Josh! Massive amount of work!!! I felt your pain with the up and down with the Quickjacks. Congrats on winning the battle!

Kudos to you all for fostering those dogs. Tore my heart out with the pit mix with no teeth. Unbelievable the stuff that goes on out there in the world.

Great job, I love the car and you and your wife are so great for helping those rescue dogs. Keep up the good work!

Outstanding work thanks for posting this. Much appreciated .

Love this vid, JV. Excellent.

Great video, just subscribed. I'm strongly considering a C6 ZO6 in a year or so. Keep up the good work!!

Holy shit it sounds wonderful