Alignment today
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Alignment today
I have had a minor alignment issue for a while, and even though I had an alignment done about 3 months ago, I had an alignment done today. My Camber before was -.1 on each side and the Toe was -.01 on the right. They aligned those two to 0 Camber each side and .05 Toe each side, but my Caster was unchanged at 2.7 on the left and 3.1 on the right. I thought I read that the Caster should be corrected as well. Please educate me.
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Find out where the body shops in your area take repaired cars for realignment. They will have a man who knows how to get it done right. Yes, he will use shems, but as long it's aligned, who cares? I had to buy a $130 shem kit when they aligned my front after I added a leveling kit, but the savings on tires will make up for it.
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Many shops leave caster .5 degrees positive on the right to compensate for road crown. Caster is NOT a tire wearing angle. Depending on road crown and surface in your area, you may get a pull to the right if camber is set equal left and right.
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