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Old 02-05-2020, 01:10 PM
Junkman Junkman is offline
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You'll have to watch Firestone. I have their Lifetime on several cars. I took my 85SD in after a complete front end rebuild. The tech gave gave it back with camber on both tires maxed out to one side sort of //. His note said "can't be aligned". He should have added "by him".

What happens is that changes in either caster or camber causes changes in the other and the tech has to anticipate the change to get setting correct. The FSM has approximate changes.

This guy turned on the machine, set camber then caster then toe. All had moved when he went back to check. He spent at least 2 hours chasing his tail.

The tech can bump the head of the lazer to make it look like specs are set correctly. Another shop demonstrated. The machine moves but not the wheels then they print the readout as final alignment settings and show the customer what a great job they did. No one knows the difference as long as the car steers reasonably well and doesn't wear tires (quickly). They could pass worn tires off as you hitting a curb after the alignment.
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85SD 240K & stopped counting painted, putting bac together. 84SD 180,000. sold to a neighbor and member here but I forget his handle. The 84 is much improved from when I had it. 85TD beginning to repair to DD status. Lots of stuff to do.
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