Proper Front Axle Alignment Tools

[RobR'35]

Looking through some of the service bulletin books then in the K R Wilson tools books. There look to be some very ingenious and heavy duty tools.
Has anyone had their cars front axle aligned to the proper caster and camber and what not using these tools?
Who in this day and age has the tools, ability and knowledge to align these front ends?
How available or what kind of price would a set of these tools go for today?
I'm thinking it would be quite foreign to today's servise garages to do a proper alignment.
I'm looking to learn all I can on this subject.
Rob

 

[rotorwrench]

Most front end shops that cater to large trucks can deal with any straight axle set up. bending the axle is the only way to make adjustments. Bending the wishbone is possible too but they can only be tweeked so much before something might fracture so care has to be taken when doing this job.

 

[hotrodA]

Look for a shop that has and knows how to use the tooling for twin I-beam and other light truck axles to set the camber. Toe is a relatively simple procedure using a toe stick and scribing the tires. An old school truck shop would be my first stop. I used to do them every day. Hunter and Beeline both make the tooling.

 

[RalphG]

I've got an original 1966 Ford t4ucks shop manual that shows all the tools and procedure to set the axles and stee4ing on the straight axles. Even got pictures and numbers of the Ford tools.