This stuff is all Greek to me how do theese numbers look

Front: Left
Actual Before Specifiied Range
0.0 0.0 0.3 - 1.3 CAMBER
1.3 1.3 .5 -1.5 CASTER
.27 -2.01 .19-.31 TOE
5.2 5.2 SAI
5.2 5.2 Included Angle


Front:Right

Actual Before Specifiied Range
-0.1 -.4 0.3 - 1.3 CAMBER
.1 .1 .5 -1.5 CASTER
.25 -2.06 .19-.31 TOE
9.5 9.8 SAI
9.5 9.5 Included Angle

FRONT

Actual Before Specifiied Range
0.1 .4 -0.5 - .5 Cross CAMBER
1. 1.2 -0.5 - .5 Cross CASTER
-4.4 -4.6 Cross SAI
.52 -4.06 .37-.63 Total Toe


REAR: left

Actual Before Specifiied Range
0.0 1 -1.0- 0.0 CAMBER
.05 .19 0.06 - .19 TOE

REAR: Right

Actual Before Specifiied Range
0.0 .6 -1.0- 0.0 CAMBER
.05 .12 0.06 - .19 TOE


REAR

Actual Before Specifiied Range
0.0 .3 Cross CAMBER
.10 .30 0.12 - .38 Total TOE
.00 .04 Thrust Angle






Thanks,

Tom M

 

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Actual right front caster looks a little light to me. I'm guessing manual steering? While many of the settings are out of spec, the amount is pretty small, so I'm not sure its a big deal.. Especially if the car has ever been hit. How does the car track and handle now?

 

I agree with 66since 71 the RH caster seems low here. The cross caster which is LH minus RH is greater than 1 degree which may cause a lead/pull to the right.
john

 

Call me a Luddite, but I don't understand the way the four numbers are sequenced/expressed for each category; when I have mine done, I tell him what I want (give him a card with the specs I want written on it), and have him verify what I have when he's done (and I don't leave until it's what I gave him).

 

-1.5 caster???
wow!

 

That was my first thought as well, but I think that he was trying to say that the spec is 0.5-1.5 the way he listed the numbers was very confusing. A -1.5 caster, and the car would be all over the road!


Regards, John McGraw

 

That number stew is difficult to read. I'd be happy to look over the numbers if I had a scan of the aligner printout.

 

first number = actual
second number = before
third and fourth numbers = spec. range (from-to)

 

The car seems alittle stiff, is the only way I can describe it, so it is going to go back when I can get it back in, the last time I had it done there was either a post from Duke or JohnZ that I referenced, but I can't seem to search any posts older than 6 months, are all the old posts gone.........and I can't find the issue of C.E. where John went through the specs.


Tom M

 

Go to "Advanced Search" (an option at the bottom of the small window that opens when you click on search), and you will see a block to check at the bottom about also searching archives.

By the way, while I'd said that most of the numbers seemed acceptable to me, I also agree with JohnZ. --- If you are going to take it back anyway, don't accept it until it is within the range you asked for.

 

Found the old post also interesting that it was recomended to get the car aligned with a half tank of gas, are th Vette Brakes specs close to what is accepted with radials and Power sterring?http://www.vbandp.com/instructions/h...ruct/align.htm




Thanks,
Tom M

 

Their "Daily Driver" specs look OK to me.

 

Thanks John, they look similar to your numbers but the caster.

Tom M

 

Their caster spec (+2.75*) is what I recommend with power steering; provides excellent tracking and steering returnability, but with manual steering it does increase low-speed steering effort.