Right Rear Tire Rubbing After Alignment
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Right Rear Tire Rubbing After Alignment
Yesterday I took my Camaro to an alignment shop, and the shop owner who did the alignment asked me if I wanted him to center the rear, so I said yes. Now, the rear is visibly shifted to the drivers side and the tire rubs the inside of the wheel well when going straight and turning left, but not right. Did the alignment guy center it with respect to the front wheels, or what?
Should I adjust the panhard so that the rear tires are equal distance away from the fenders? Right now I can't stick my finger between the inner fender and the tire on the passenger's side, but the drivers side has enough room to fit two fingers!
Should I adjust the panhard so that the rear tires are equal distance away from the fenders? Right now I can't stick my finger between the inner fender and the tire on the passenger's side, but the drivers side has enough room to fit two fingers!
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Re: Right Rear Tire Rubbing After Alignment
Do you have an adjustable panhard rod? If not, then there's no way the shop could have adjusted it. If so, then yes you need to adjust it back. You can do it in the driveway - it's easy (unless you have an adjustable rod like some of the UMI's that have to be removed to adjust). But even then it's not that difficult. I have an Edelbrock bar, I can adjust it by hand (after the locking nut is released) with the car sitting on all 4 tires in the driveway.
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Re: Right Rear Tire Rubbing After Alignment
Oh, and screw the sign that says "Because of insurance reasons customers are not allowed in the shop". If I can't watch EVERY little thing you do to my car, you don't get my business. BTW - alignment is the ONLY thing anyone is allowed to do on my car, and that's only because I don't have a machine!
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Transmission: 700-R4
Re: Right Rear Tire Rubbing After Alignment
Yes, its adjustable...I had it centered so that the wheels were equal distance from the fenders, but the guy doing the alignment asked me if I wanted it centered so, I figured it was slightly off center and with his machine he could get it better than I ever could so I let him. The alignment shop I went to has a pretty good reputation and they deal with alot of lowered cars, but I think they usually deal with porsches, audis, lexus, etc. They let me walk anywhere I wanted in the shop while they aligned my car to my specs. This is the first time I have ever let anybody other than my father touch my car.
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Re: Right Rear Tire Rubbing After Alignment
Oh, and screw the sign that says "Because of insurance reasons customers are not allowed in the shop". If I can't watch EVERY little thing you do to my car, you don't get my business. BTW - alignment is the ONLY thing anyone is allowed to do on my car, and that's only because I don't have a machine!
Yes, its adjustable...I had it centered so that the wheels were equal distance from the fenders, but the guy doing the alignment asked me if I wanted it centered so, I figured it was slightly off center and with his machine he could get it better than I ever could so I let him. The alignment shop I went to has a pretty good reputation and they deal with alot of lowered cars, but I think they usually deal with porsches, audis, lexus, etc. They let me walk anywhere I wanted in the shop while they aligned my car to my specs. This is the first time I have ever let anybody other than my father touch my car.
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Car: 1986 z28 & 1992 z28
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Transmission: 700-R4
Re: Right Rear Tire Rubbing After Alignment
I don't know what he thought he was adjusting then...Anyways I just went and made my own plumbob and used that to center the rear, which was shifted an inch to the drivers side.
Would the rear end being off center have affected how the front end was aligned?
Would the rear end being off center have affected how the front end was aligned?
Last edited by dust3r; Sep 12, 2010 at 09:43 PM.
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Re: Right Rear Tire Rubbing After Alignment
You must understand that many of us have dealt with many different "techs" - don't take it personally if we don't trust you right away - it's not you, it's all the "techs" ie. total idiots that we've had to deal with - most don't know anymore about a car than your average $7.25/hr Best Buy worker knows about electronics. Finding a good tech (which in my mind is a true mechanic) is a very rare achievement these days.
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