Easiest Alignment/Tracking Method + DIY Tracking Adjustment,.. With No Measuring or Gauges (CityBug)

Is it possible to re-adjust tracking after hitting a curb without measuring anything? 🤷‍♀️

[@joebloggs3629]

Midweek banger of a video, I'll save the popcorn for Saturdays installment 🍿😂👍

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

Cheers mate. Didn’t think this one was up to Saturday standards, but haven’t got one made for Saturday yet either 😂

[@joebloggs3629]

@@StupidBlokeStupidVideos any video endorsed by SBSV is well worth the viewing time. Can we have some Gary Numan Cars as the opening music on one of your video's?

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

@@joebloggs3629 cheers, I’ll drop it in the intro of the next one lol

[@SocksWithSandals]

Most helpful, thank you.

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

Glad it helped 👍

[@TheDeadPlate]

You had me at “no measuring”, I call it calibrated eye syndrome, a rare gift that extremely talented individuals can have, great video 👍

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

Cheers mate

[@dogfight100]

Brilliant stuff 👍😁

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

Thanks

[@williamthompson7954]

Hey, any possibility of you doing a video on how to use a camber alignment tool (looks like a spirit level) to align the tracking on the city bug?

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

Hi mate, I don’t have one available to me at the moment.

[@steburkes4254]

Took my Mondeo to Kwik fit to have tracking done . Picked it up after having it done now it's doing exactly the same steering wheel not straight and when straighten drifts to the left

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

What you expect? You took it to Kwikfit 🤷‍♀️

[@casparharte]

Could be the rear is off as well?

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

@@casparharte either that or they just didn’t bother centralising the steering wheel and aligning the tracking with the rear. A lot of places never used to, but I think it’s uncommon for them to just adjust the front and not square it to the rear these days

[@mattama_jesusprasempre8464]

I did the tracking and took off the steering wheel and made the airbag light come on!!

[@rogerborg]

9:00 for those who just want the recipe, Janet.

[@herbert3177]

I have the same car. I have had an alignment done twice by the same mechanic, and yet my steering wheel points slightly to the left when going straight. It doesn't feel like It's pulling in any direction after I switched to summer tires, but on my winter tires (which were brand new) the car was constantly pulling to the right. Would you recommend I just get another alignment done at some other place? After I got the second alignment done the mechanic told me my steering wheel might be off center because the rear alignment is off, and that they couldn't do anything about it since It isn't adjustable. Every mechanic I have asked about it has said that it sounds like nonsense and that the rear alignment can't affect the position of my steering wheel, but idk. I'm a complete idiot and I don't really know anything about cars.

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

The tracking can be good and the steering wheel still off, it happens when the tracking is adjusted on basic gauges without lining it to the rear wheels. The car will still drive straight as the tracking of the front wheels just means that both wheels are pointing in the right direction relative to each other, as in no excessive toe in or out. Even though the rear on these cars isn’t adjustable, someone who’s good at tracking will compensate for it as best possible. The place that did mine always get my steering wheel central.

[@JCD275]

I'd rather leave it to the professionals - but its educational to see how its done.

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

For what it costs

[@staggtastic9951]

For the sake of £50 ish quid at your local workshop, take it there and get it done properly! All that guess work is a false economy and you'll be replacing tyres sooner than you think. Even cheap bike tyres that you have on your 'puddle jumper' bud!!!!

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

@@staggtastic9951 in my experience I can generally get it not far off by feel, but it’s only ever as a temp measure until I can get it in for tracking.

[@mattama_jesusprasempre8464]

I need to buy a new squib as I took the steering wheel off. I changed outer and inner of the track rods !! Inners are a pain !!

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

What happened to the squib?

[@mattama_jesusprasempre8464]

@@StupidBlokeStupidVideos the airbag light came on after taking it off

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

@@mattama_jesusprasempre8464 ah right. Did a new squib fix it? Or did it just need resetting?

[@mattama_jesusprasempre8464]

@@StupidBlokeStupidVideos I just bought a 2nd hand one off eBay.

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

@@mattama_jesusprasempre8464 fair enough

[@markweatherill]

A straight steering wheel is not always what you get after the professionals do your tracking! The lazy way is to adjust one side only and advise the customer they need to remove and refit their steering wheel to get it straight. I'm guessing this guy was being extra professional for your sake 😀

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

Haha I’ve had that before. Problem then is that you get more turns one way than the other! This guy always does my cars bang on. Any decent 4 wheel alignment place will clamp the steering wheel central and adjust it in relation to the rear wheels to get a centred steering wheel though

[@kevinhancock4064]

Of someone said that to me I'd not be paying that's plain stupid . Any mechanic recommending this I'd avoid lol

[@rodneyhull9764]

you're over thinking it. Just smack the wheel on the other side into the kerb to equalize it. £0

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

Could be onto something there.

[@sally6457]

Tried that, cost me £90 for a new tyre, Thank you "Stupid bloke, Stupid Videos" for keeping me on the road!

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

@@sally6457 you’re welcome G.

[@mattama_jesusprasempre8464]

I did this but it buggered up my airbag squib so now the airbag light flashes

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

Yea if you take the wheel off, you’ve got to make sure the squib is aligned and hold it there, or else it seems to want to spin into the wrong position.

[@insertnamehere5660]

I do computerised trackings day in day out, easy as fuck to do they just require you to reset the steering + suspension after you move the toe angle by steering the wheel and re-centering. If you take your car to have a tracking and the wheel is still wonky after its almost never the steering angle sensor or anything like that and usually is just down to lazy bastards, always fight for your money or a free re-track

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

I think it’s often down to the equipment used too. Some places only set the front wheels, not in relation to the rear and then your toe is usually ok but the wheel off centre

[@insertnamehere5660]

@@StupidBlokeStupidVideos Yes I have to agree, 2 wheel mode is much quicker to do and solves shoulder wear but will never centre the wheel as it doesn't have the rear to calculate true straight, so all the machine can tell you is the difference of the fronts and give you a rough "forward" direction

[@jimminez86]

funny every video its raining

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

Fucking tell me about it!

[@infidelcastro5129]

What’s going on? It’s not Saturday. My world has been destroyed. Now I have to go to church on a Thursday.

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

😂😂😂

[@kjjosker]

I noticed the problem right away... The steering wheel is on the wrong side of your car.

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

It’s literally in the “right” side of the car…

[@ianbird8617]

Cheater lol

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

Lol 😆