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Alignment Problem by steve1173
Started on: 07-28-2005 10:25 AM
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Last post by: dguy on 07-29-2005 09:09 AM
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Report this Post07-28-2005 10:25 AM Click Here to See the Profile for steve1173Send a Private Message to steve1173Direct Link to This Post
On my 88 Formula about a month or so ago I noticed my front wheels were not pointing straight, the toe in was way off. Had the car aligned & they said it was way off. Okay for the month & looking again the right front wheel is turned to the right while the left is straight. Any ideas why it is not holding alignment???
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Any ideas????
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Report this Post07-29-2005 09:09 AM Click Here to See the Profile for dguySend a Private Message to dguyDirect Link to This Post
If you had an in-spec alignment when you left the shop but it has since gone south, you're dealing with either an incompenent tech who forgot to tighten one or more fasteners after making adjustments, or you have one or more badly worn suspension components. Not to mention that if you have suspension components which are worn to the point where the car can't be aligned properly, any shop worth its salt won't touch the car until those components have been R&R'd.

You say that the front wheels look like they're out of whack, but how does the car handle? Did it handle nicely when you left the shop immediately after the alignment, but has slowly degraded over time up to this point? Has the handling changed suddenly over the last couple of drives, or what?

Unless you're dealing with an extreme case of misalignment, the human eye generally can't tell that the alignment is out of spec just by looking at the car. Especially if you're comparing wheel orientation to body panels.

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