Alignment Did the Shop Screw Up
#1
Alignment Did the Shop Screw Up
So I got an alignment today, I drive off my car pulls to the right a lot. I get home and I pop the hood and both plates are adjusted the same like exactly the same. Now I don't know much about aligning tires, but I'm going to say that they screwed up. I figured they should look roughly opposite of each other.
Can anyone confirm this? I'm definitely taking it back tomorrow. They probably don't know how to adjust CC plates.
Passenger Side:
Drivers Side:
Can anyone confirm this? I'm definitely taking it back tomorrow. They probably don't know how to adjust CC plates.
Passenger Side:
Drivers Side:
#3
Are they installed wrong? My J&M plates have the bottom plate for camber adjustment and the top plate (with the strut coming through) is for caster adjustment.
The way they are set up is the bottom plate is for caster and the top plate is for camber.
This is my plates:
Passenger
Driver
Not the best pics but you get the idea.
The way they are set up is the bottom plate is for caster and the top plate is for camber.
This is my plates:
Passenger
Driver
Not the best pics but you get the idea.
#4
^I have MM plates so the set up is different. But they are definitely installed right. I did the install of them myself and compared to other pics they do look correct. But Fink yours are almost identically opposite in adjustment where mine are exactly the same on both sides if you get what I'm saying. I'm pretty sure they didn't do it right.
Do the CC plates affect steering too? And they do look funny?
Do the CC plates affect steering too? And they do look funny?
Last edited by JRad405; 07-08-2011 at 05:37 PM.
#6
The green area for the alignment is >-1.3* Camber.
The shop should ALWAYS give you a print out when you get an alignment. The last time I got my car realigned I watched/helped the guy do it so I didnt want a print out. I still need to lengthen the stock camber slots so I can get less negative camber... i think im sitting at -1.2 and -1.6, fully adjusted.
Take the car in tomorrow/monday/soon and tell em "HEY, you ****ed up.. now Im gonna watch you work on my car"
The shop should ALWAYS give you a print out when you get an alignment. The last time I got my car realigned I watched/helped the guy do it so I didnt want a print out. I still need to lengthen the stock camber slots so I can get less negative camber... i think im sitting at -1.2 and -1.6, fully adjusted.
Take the car in tomorrow/monday/soon and tell em "HEY, you ****ed up.. now Im gonna watch you work on my car"
#7
The thing is I did an eyeball on it myself (obviously just for the meantime until I brought it for an alignment) and I didn't have any pulling on either tire. So, I don't know how I can bring it to get aligned and then it starts pulling.
Either way I'm going back tomorrow since they happen to be open and getting them to fix it. I know the top piece adjust camber and the instructions from MM demonstrate that the way I have it set one side has a negative orientation and one side has a positive orientation.
Would you ever really need to adjust caster?
Last edited by JRad405; 07-08-2011 at 06:37 PM.
#8
well almost every cc plate on other cars will look diff cause it all depends on spring and shock rate and whether there sagging lowered lowered more and so on
first step take it back to the shop say soon as i left here it was pulling can you recheck it with a print off...
next get your tires rotated and balanced this can also cause a steering problem
for example my toyota camry was pulling hard had it aligned pulled the other way the guy said its prolly a tire cause your allignment is almost perfect...so i rotated them and then it starting pulling the other way and vibrating...then changed my tires and it was perfect
first step take it back to the shop say soon as i left here it was pulling can you recheck it with a print off...
next get your tires rotated and balanced this can also cause a steering problem
for example my toyota camry was pulling hard had it aligned pulled the other way the guy said its prolly a tire cause your allignment is almost perfect...so i rotated them and then it starting pulling the other way and vibrating...then changed my tires and it was perfect
#9
Well this is what it was originally aligned to:
Left Side Right Side
Camber: -2.5 Camber: -.4
Caster: 4.2 Caster: 4.2
Toe: .48 Toe: -0.22
Total Toe: 0.26
Steer Ahead: .35
This is what it is currently aligned to. Does this look correct for alignment specs:
Left Side Right Side
Camber: -2.5 Camber: -1.7
Caster: 4.0 Caster: 4.2
Toe: .14 Toe: -0.15
Total Toe: 0.29
Steer Ahead: 0.00
Left Side Right Side
Camber: -2.5 Camber: -.4
Caster: 4.2 Caster: 4.2
Toe: .48 Toe: -0.22
Total Toe: 0.26
Steer Ahead: .35
This is what it is currently aligned to. Does this look correct for alignment specs:
Left Side Right Side
Camber: -2.5 Camber: -1.7
Caster: 4.0 Caster: 4.2
Toe: .14 Toe: -0.15
Total Toe: 0.29
Steer Ahead: 0.00
Last edited by JRad405; 07-09-2011 at 02:48 PM.
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