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May I ask if you saw them actually measure the rear wheels and adjust them if needed, for that price?
Does seem cheap!
May I ask if you saw them actually measure the rear wheels and adjust them if needed, for that price?
May I ask if you saw them actually measure the rear wheels and adjust them if needed, for that price?
Hippo,
The guy that did the job said the the rear wheels were spot on, he showed me on the computer everything he'd done (not that i had a clue what he was on about!) they also have a live feed to the tv in the waiting area so you can what them adjust etc. Dont know hif he measured the rear wheels to be honest, he did say he'd check all tyre pressures as well
It's mainly ignorance! It's Chinese whispers training in the centres, staff don't stay long and it gets dumbed down each time it gets passed on eventually leading to a **** job! I've done the training with Mercedes, they had pulling issues so we all had to do it, it was the rear thrust angle that made them follow the camber! We had to offset it to make them steer up the camber from the rear to stop the pulling! That's lost 95% of the Peops here!
that will make sence when i read it a few times.
Not the clearest
What about if your rear toe in is correct, but its all on one side i.e: 2mm on l/h and 0 on r/h and you have a fixed axle. You can adjust the front to compensate and to draw the thrust line accross but surely this will result in uneven tyre wear.
Unfortunately if it's fixed you haven't got a lot of choice! You can shim the trailing arms on discos etc which will adjust set back and thrust and toe cos it effects everything on those so it's a bit of a compromise! Other than that it's the front
Also if you were going to do 4 wheel align and ALL 4 wheels were out, how would you set up the rear if you didnt have a reference point from the front? make sure the wheels on each axle are parallel then adjust and tweek to get the 2 axles in line?
so without sounding daft u paid 65 pounds for something that did not really need doing,but if i buy a trackace for 70pounds and mine are ok i have wasted my money, it would prove though the tape measure way works or not , do i really want to doubt my old fashioned way, got me thinking,
Well,
The steering wheel needed centering - so it was at least a front adjustment.
Now,
The vehicle was up on a level lift and all four wheels were lazer aligned at the same time. The guy spent nearly an hour (+ paperwork time) under the vehicle constantly re-adjusting the tie rods at the rear and the front until all four wheels were in perfect proper alignment with each other - side to side and back to front - on the screen that you could see whilst under the vehicle at an easy working height.
I cannot imagine coming even close to that with a home device that can only be used on one axle at a time and doesn't align front to rear, just across the axle.
Then there is the getting down underneath to do the adjustments on the driveway.
So,
whilst the front and rear toe and camber settings were (just) within the min/max limits, (here were different settings on each wheel) ...
..I thought the car felt good on the road - in fact better than it had done in a long time before I took it in - but, it definately felt a noticeably better again after I had this done on a professional rig.
I live in a rural area, a mile up a potholed dirt track, so I would certainly consider having this done once a year and consider it money well spent.
I remember driving away from the main dealer and thinking I'd picked up a new car too. Felt totally different after a complete set-up of steering geometry and wheel alignment. Some years later I needed it done again. Rear wheels were out so front only setup wasn’t enough. After struggling to find somewhere independent who could do it I bought a trackace and did it myself. It can only do 2 wheels on the same axle. But you can get round that using parallel lines. Just take time to make sure everything is correct as you progress. Double checking all the way. It worked and felt ok. HippoTrack below.
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