From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   On 06/11/2021 03:18 AM, 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?   
      
   My guess:  he relies on the machine.  The second guy knows how to do it    
   by hand.   
      
   A local 'race prep' guy said he could align our 1970 Dodge pickup, which   
   needed it badly.  He didn't do it right and we could see scuffing on the   
   new tires. He might have even made it worse.  I took it to another guy    
   who did it by hand with hand tools and it was like getting a new    
   steering system.   
      
   He was surprised when I called them 'water pump pliers'.  He didn't know   
   anybody else who called Channellocks that.  I wish I knew why I learned    
   that name for them.   
      
   It was really hard to find people who would even claim to be able to    
   align our old truck.  Those were the only two within 20 miles.   
      
   --    
   Cheers, Bev   
       Hmph.  I used to have snow tires.  Never again.  They melted in the   
       spring.  I won't even start going on about my wood stove.   
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