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Jul 23, 2009 | 09:55 PM

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I can't believe how many alighnment guys that have been doing their job for DECADES that don't know which frontends came in which Ford in what years.

Jul 23, 2009 | 10:18 PM

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Dave Sponaugle

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Well this guy was not as old as my truck, but still he should have known the difference between a Dana 44 IFS and a Dana 60.

No computer port on your vehicle.....bad news at the shop.
Worst part, shop now days includes the Ford dealers.

Jul 23, 2009 | 10:55 PM

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You would think so.
I've only been into Ford trucks for less than two years, even then it's just a hoby, and I can tell a TTB 44 from a TTB 50 just by looking at them and they can't even tell a TTB from a 60.

It makes you wonder how good your alighnment actually is.

If someone came to me for a trigger job on their Remington 700 and I couldn't tell them which trigger they had I doubt they would be very confident in the resuling work.

Jul 23, 2009 | 11:14 PM

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Actually once he plugged the right equipment info into the alignment machine, the alignment was perfect.

I always ask for the spec to be set to preffered, not just within spec.
I pay more for it to be set that way, but the money is returned with interest with tire wear savings.

Jul 24, 2009 | 01:52 AM

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I have a local guy now that does a pretty good job.
When I swapped the TTB 44 into my PowerStroke it steered worse than anything I've ever owned and it had a suspension knock in it I couldn't find.
I took it to him for an alighnment and he asked about all of the things I had already checked. I told him it was a '90 TTB 44 instead of a '97 TTB 50.
He alighned it real well, especially compared to how bad it was before and found the knock was the bushings where the calipers mount.
One of the best $100 bills I ever spent.

Jul 24, 2009 | 09:12 PM

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Job is done! I got to the yard and they only had one 250 out there that was old enough to work. As I was cutting the shackels loose the cordless Dewalt sawzall I had barrowed from a buddy broke in half! When I get home I find out that the main leaf on one of the springs was cracked. Now I decide to just replace the broken leaf on my truck, that goes easy. Well then I figure I should do the same on the other side of truck and viola my main leaf is cracked as well lol. So a 3 hour job in the drive way turned into almost 5. Oh ya taking that main out I realized my shakle was rusted out, what a day. On the brighter side tho I called the yard about the broken main and they cut me a deal, gave me back $30 gotta love that.

Jul 24, 2009 | 09:13 PM

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An other thing, Why do they use reverse arch springs on the front of trucks?

Jul 24, 2009 | 09:59 PM

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Back in those days and older, reverse arch springs were common on many vehicles right up to class 8 trucks.

Some of the thinking was they rode better, some thought they did not sag as fast.

Given the metal technology back then, I would say the slower to sag was the best choice.