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Show CHECKING UP ON WHEEL ALIGNMENT i Checking up on the wheel alignment of a car is not hard to accomplish if the car owner will take the time to do it. The front and rear wheels on one side of the car should he put straight in line so that a string, as shown In the illustration, will come in contact with the tires at the front and the rear of each. Having lined the wheels on this side, a string should be carried to the oilier side of ti e car where the process is repeated. Should a distance of more I than a quarter inch he found to exist between the side of the tire and the string, tin- wheel is out of alignment. The greater Ihis distance the greater the w ear u the tread. Ha-, ing iis overed this, ihe .vhcel should be proper! adjusted. |