I don't know of any really good tricks... I just used a tape measure to measure from assumed centre to assumed centre and adjusted accordingly.

As it turned out with new rubbers and other new bits when I re-did my front suspension it was miles out. So I can't really recommend my method that highly! It was difficult to tell if it was due to the other new parts or my bad measuring though...

However, all is not lost you can do a lot to check your own alignment:-

Recent thread

Self alignment!

How I did it

How I adjusted the toe in / out, camber and caster on my W123 300D

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