From: thekmanrocks@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, June 11, 2021 at 1:34:59 PM UTC-4, Steve W. wrote:   
   > 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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   That's  a possibility.     
      
   And  again  the  odd thing  about  it  is that guy #1 was     
   able  to  dial  in  the  negative  thrust  angle  I  requested(my    
   Accord  has  a leftward  drift,  more  noticeable  on  highways)   
   that  cannot  be  explained  by  my  alignment  results,  nor  by     
   any  bent parts, dragging  brakes,  unequal  tire pressures,  etc.   
      
   So  the  negative  thrust  angle  counters  that,  and  I'm not  always    
   having  to  nudge  the steering  wheel rightward to  stay  out  of   the   
   lane  to  my  left!     
      
   Now  all I  need  is  a touch -  juat  a  bit - of  front  Toe-in,  but  still    
   within  Honda  Specs.  Alignment  guy #2 says "no  problem".      
      
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