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You can pay for an alignment and they MAY get it right, or you can experiment with SMALL adjustments at the tie-rod ends. Make sure you get the lock nuts tight.
First, measure at the leading and trailing edges on the front tires--180 degrees apart or as close to that as you can get, with both measurements the same distance from the ground. What I have heard from a Volvo mechanic years ago is that you want the leading edge of the tires to be 1/8" to 1/4" closer than the rear. A LITTLE toe-in stabilizes the car. Either too much or none (or even worse, negative or toe-OUT) makes it wander almost like oversteer, and kills the tires and wheel bearings as well.
I've got my 1992 set that way. It tracks well and the tires are wearing evenly, so I guess I am not too far off.
An alignment would give you the advantage of checking your camber as well (that's the inwards/outwards tilt of each front tire when viewed from the front). Camber and toe-in both get out of whack as A-frame bushings get tired.
Hmmmm. How old are your bushings? Instead of changing your front-end alignment, maybe replacing them would be the first order of business. Check your ball joints too--they allow for slop in the steering so that toe-in varies depending on how the suspension is loaded.
Maybe others who know more can improve this guidance.
Good luck.
Doug Harvey
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