@air and road and scottmcphee, thankyou for this.

I am also going to utilize two pieces of 2x4 lumber, a scissors jack and a bathroom scales as my spreader bar and then try to align it.

I have got some spare 1x1 ft plyboard and going to use salt as the bearing surface - grease would work too I think, the wheels would rest on the squares.

Great help.

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2012 BMW X5 (Beef + Granite suspension model)

1995 E300D - The original humming machine (consumed by Flood 2017)
2000 E320 - The evolution (consumed by flood 2017)

The main reason for a slight toe-in is to keep all the steering components loaded in one direction, effectively reducing play.

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'83 300D, 126K miles.

I obtained 4 somewhat damaged linoleum square foot tiles for free from the hardware store (scraps nobody would purchase), and made two grease sandwiches from these. Slip one under each front wheel.

Slippery stuff! You don't need power steering at all with these things under your front tires, can turn the wheel with your pinky finger.

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Cheers!
Scott McPhee

1987 300D