The Eastwood gauge works well. You will enjoy the process and have a feeling 
of accomplishment. A few ideas to suggest:

1. We are assuming you have rebuilt the front suspension, new shocks, sway bar
 bushings, wheel bearings set to spec, steering gear box filled with lubricant.

2.Get four cheap pizza pans. Apply cooking oil to two of them and stack one of
 the other two on top of each. Place two pans under each front tire. This makes
 it much easier to swing the wheels from lock to lock.

3. Have someone of your own weight sitting in the driver's seat. If you always
 haul a passenger, do the same. Have a half-tank of fuel.

4. Go left full-lock to right full-lock a couple of times and verify the center
 point of the steering box. Adjust the steering box end play pre-load and cam 
lever shaft stud clearance as per manual.

5. Check that the steering pitman arm is vertical at the center point and the 
left front wheel is straight ahead.

6. Set the right and left tie rods to position the wheels straight ahead. Set 
the toe.

7. Set the caster (I recommend using ALL the positive caster your adjustment 
will provide. Often, it is difficult to get even back to zero.), camber and 
then re-set the toe.

8. Once everything has been double-checked, then if the steering wheel is 
off-center, pull it and re-set it to center.

Yes, this is a lot of detail, but thirty-five years ago, when Studes were 
still drivers, I was shop foreman of a tire store and 90+ percent of the 
Studes which came through had one or more of the above out-of-whack. There
 are a lot of adjustments under there, so take them in order and the end
 result will be a wonderful car to drive. The best part is you will have 
the feeling of accomplishment of doing it yourself and will know where to 
look first if anything wears, gets damaged or doesn't feel right.

thnx, jack vines

PackardV8 (Nov 2007)