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Old 01-05-2015, 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by leathermang View Post
$0.02 is exactly what that is worth. It is not rocket science.. but it IS physics... and I have worked in a front end shop... replacing the tie rods should not cause the wheel to be 30 degrees off.... something basic is wrong... and steering and brakes have to be right...
FWIW - Steering cock-eye-ed by 30 degree is nothing. It happens all the time. It only takes 1/4 turn on the tie-rod sto fix that, BTDT. I have never worked in a 'front end shop'. I work in the high tech shop, but to me, alignment and brake is a piece of cake.
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