DO-IT-YOURSELF WHEEL ALIGNMENT

Ela tem cora(s)ão, belleza, e a melhor bu(s)eta en todo o mundo... Gostei muito de Salvador tambem:>)

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<HLS
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Isso, ela tem 'o jeito' :)

What were you doing there? I've been visiting Brasil for various years as a holiday location, made a lot of friends and in 2000 travelled around for 5 months on a (very) long holiday.

shakiro

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shakiro

I lived there for over a year, working in the chemical industry. They indeed have the 'jeito'. It is very dangerous there now, a friend tells me. Shame, because it is a wonderful place with spirit, lust for life.

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<HLS

Yes, it's a wonderful place, but if you take care of where (and especially when) you go, nobody will hurt you. Same goes for Rio, Sao Paulo, Recife, Manaus, Fortaleza etc. Wonderful people...

shakiro

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shakiro

Every $50 alignment I've witnessed was a thinly-disguised ploy to sell unneeded repair. Also, if you want your car aligned to non-OE specs, for performance reasons, many shops will not touch it.

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Rex B

Not in this little town to the east of you, Rex. Costs $48 in an independent shop which I have used several times with good results.

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<HLS

I'll agree with that. The last time I paid for an alignment was at an independent frame shop in Greenville Texas. I asked for 1-degree neg camber on my Astro, and that's what I got, for less than $50. I think generally if you go to an independent, you are more likely to get what you pay for. When I was autocrossing, it was easy to find a good alignment guy - just ask around at any event.

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Rex B

Rex B wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com:

True with Sears. Got two new radials and an alignment. 10,000 miles later the right side tire had innermost tread worn bald.

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chris

Now that you mention Shitteaux Sears, my daughter took her Nissan there several years ago for an alignment. They told her he car couldn't be aligned because the frame was bent, and charged her the fee anyway.

This is when I found the frame shop in Houston. Took the car there, and Virgil aligned it with no problem. He said Sears was full of crap..they just didn't know how to do the job. Now, this frame shop COULD have bent the frame and realigned the chassis if needed, but it was NOT needed.

Sears swallows.

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<HLS

For toe in toe out....

set up a laser pointer so that it shines a beam across the front of the car about 1 foot off the ground

mount a mirror on a STRAIGHT piece of pipe

hold the pipe against the sidewall of the left tire and align the laser pointer so that the mirror reflects the beam directly back at the laser pointer

No do not move the laser pointer

move the pipe to the right wheel and hold the pipe againstsidewall of the tire

If the two tires are parallel, the laser pointer beam will again reflect directly back to the laser pointer when the the pipe is held against either wheel

adjust the toe as needed

avoid holding the pipe against the bottom of the tire due to buldge

pipe must be straight for this to be accurate

with a little geometry you can figure out how many inches of beam deflection correspond to how many degrees

Many cars are aligned for a slight toe in when stationary

Mark

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Mark

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