Need help... alignment problems
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Need help... alignment problems
i went and bought new tires...picked me up some falkens....go to have an alignment done and it wont hold becuz my ball joints and tie rods are shot.....so i replace all those....go back to have it done and they do it...but they explained to me.....that my caster on my right front is off and its not adjustable on our cars...so it pulls to the right a lil...how the hell can it not be adjustable.....They printed me a report from the machine of the alignment specs...for the caster it says the specs for it are....min of 4.3 degrees and a max of 5.3 degrees......on the left side it is at 5.1 but on my right it is 3.9......whats wrong with my car or am i being fed a line of crap...
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Re: Need help... alignment problems
Originally posted by Red25thRS
i went and bought new tires...picked me up some falkens....go to have an alignment done and it wont hold becuz my ball joints and tie rods are shot.....so i replace all those....go back to have it done and they do it...but they explained to me.....that my caster on my right front is off and its not adjustable on our cars...so it pulls to the right a lil...how the hell can it not be adjustable.....They printed me a report from the machine of the alignment specs...for the caster it says the specs for it are....min of 4.3 degrees and a max of 5.3 degrees......on the left side it is at 5.1 but on my right it is 3.9......whats wrong with my car or am i being fed a line of crap...
i went and bought new tires...picked me up some falkens....go to have an alignment done and it wont hold becuz my ball joints and tie rods are shot.....so i replace all those....go back to have it done and they do it...but they explained to me.....that my caster on my right front is off and its not adjustable on our cars...so it pulls to the right a lil...how the hell can it not be adjustable.....They printed me a report from the machine of the alignment specs...for the caster it says the specs for it are....min of 4.3 degrees and a max of 5.3 degrees......on the left side it is at 5.1 but on my right it is 3.9......whats wrong with my car or am i being fed a line of crap...
Did they say "The caster is NOT adjustable" or "The caster is adjusted as much as possible"? If they told you is isn't adjustable, I'd find a new alignment shop.
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they told me to my face.....on your vehicle the caster is not adjustable....im like wtf...why would they make it not adjustable....anywayz a lil insight would help so i can shove it in there face
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Caster is adjustable on our cars. I would also ask them to check SAI and included angle.
SAI should be pretty close to equal left to right so should included angle. this will tell you if you have any bent parts.
SAI should be pretty close to equal left to right so should included angle. this will tell you if you have any bent parts.
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