Alignment done, dont think its right
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Alignment done, dont think its right
I have a 2000 c5 with 30K on the original GY emts. The front tires are showing some nasty front tire wear on the very inside. The right side is worse than the left. Since i am replacing the tires I wanted to get the alignment done. But I don’t think they did a 'complete' job of it.
front left:
before
-.6 camber
7.3 caster
0.01 toe
actual
-.4 camber
7.3 caster
.07 toe
Front right:
before
-.1 camber
8.1 caster
.03 toe
actual
-.2 camber
8.1 caster
.06 toe
front:
before
-.7 cross camber
0.8 cross caster
.9 cross sai
.03 total toe
after
-0.2 cross camber
-.8 cross caster
.4 cross sai
.13 total toe
The caster on the both front sides and cross caster are out of spec.
I called them after I started looking at the sheet and they told me the difference in the cross camber and cross caster they put in will compensate for the caster being out of spec.
Should I take it back and have them redo it?
Note: the car tracked straight before the alignment and after. In fact it doesn't drive any differently than it did before.
front left:
before
-.6 camber
7.3 caster
0.01 toe
actual
-.4 camber
7.3 caster
.07 toe
Front right:
before
-.1 camber
8.1 caster
.03 toe
actual
-.2 camber
8.1 caster
.06 toe
front:
before
-.7 cross camber
0.8 cross caster
.9 cross sai
.03 total toe
after
-0.2 cross camber
-.8 cross caster
.4 cross sai
.13 total toe
The caster on the both front sides and cross caster are out of spec.
I called them after I started looking at the sheet and they told me the difference in the cross camber and cross caster they put in will compensate for the caster being out of spec.
Should I take it back and have them redo it?
Note: the car tracked straight before the alignment and after. In fact it doesn't drive any differently than it did before.
Last edited by docbrew; Oct 5, 2005 at 09:00 PM. Reason: wrong button
