From: csr684@NOTyahoo.com   
      
   Chris K-Man wrote:   
   > Local Mechanic's Aligner Machine 'Insists'On Spec Settings   
   >   
   > After a busy winter and the associated pot holes afterward,   
   > I decided to have my car's alignment checked at a shop I   
   > have used in the past, on my current car and on previous ones.   
   >   
   > The guy is no 'McDonalds' aligner(just "get em in the green"),   
   > and accommodates specific customer needs, as long as not   
   > too 'out there'.   
   >   
   > But two weeks ago was different:  While he did maintain the   
   > negative thrust angle I asked him to achieve last year, he   
   > claims his Hunter rig would 'not let him proceed to the next   
   > step of  the  alignment  if  he  did  not  get  the toe spot on'   
   >   
   > My request  was simple:  0.03° of  front  toe-in  on  a 2010 Honda   
   > Accord  that  specifies  0° front  toe,  but  a  range  of  0.08°  in   
   > or  out.     Another  aligner  I  have  used  says  he  does  race  setups    
   and can  accommodate   
   > custom  settings.   
   >   
   > So  what's  up  with  the  first gy?   
      
   If it's a newer machine, some are really locked in to the settings. It's   
   possible to override it on most of them but if the shop has it locked so   
   billy bob can't totally screw up by going way out of spec it can be a   
   real pain to unlock them.   
      
      
   --   
   Steve W.   
      
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