The $5 Tool That Aligns Any Car Perfectly - Why Shops Charge $150 to Hide It

Burning through your front tires a year after you bought them? Feel the car tug at your hands on a straight, flat road? Gene here, and I will tell you what the tire shop usually will not: most of the time that is your toe, the angle your two front tires point, knocked a hair out of true by curbs and potholes. And toe is the one alignment angle you can set yourself. In this one I show you what toe actually is, and why even a fraction of an inch drags your tires sideways down the road and sands them to the cords months early. I explain the difference between toe and the camber and caster a shop also checks, and then I hand you the $5 tool that reads and sets it right in your own driveway, a plain tape measure, instead of the $150 the shop charges to turn the very same bolts. I walk the whole job step by step, from setting tire pressure to turning the tie rods, including how to keep your steering wheel dead straight while you do it. Just as important, I tell you the one time you must put the tape down and let a real shop handle it, because a bent or worn part is never a job for a tape measure. #wheelalignment #diycar #cartires #mechanictips #savemoney Got a $5 fix you swear by? Leave it in the comments so the rest of us can learn it too. Disclaimer: This video is for general informational purposes only. Steering and suspension are safety systems. If anything is bent, worn, or loose, or you are unsure about any part of the work, have a qualified mechanic inspect and align your vehicle.