Anybody? How did it go?
I need one and I'm debating whether to try to do it myself, or find a local shop.
Who's done their own alignment?
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I plan on doing this with Colin on the 26th. I'll let you know how it goes.
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Re: Who's done their own alignment?
If you can read your tire treads, you can do your own alignment. There is a little trial-and-error.DurocShark wrote: Anybody? How did it go?
Colin
(I'll do a write-up at some point)
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
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Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
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So I'm ten days late to the party. . . .spiffy wrote:So I have a slight pull to the right at highway speed.....very slight. Is this an alignment problem?
Yes, alignment problem. Usually it is a slight camber issue. Please make sure that your tire pressures are equal. Make sure your calipers are equally dragging on the rotors, they do drag to keep pads dry.
Make sure that your wheel bearings are adjusted equally.
If test drive shows pull still, find an empty section of road where you can ride the crown of the road. Drag go away?
Last alignment technician did not put in automatic bias for road crown.
Add a little positive camber on left wheel. Eccentric should go to the left maybe 1/16th turn. Or take it to an alignment rack.
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
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Thanks, I just brought my tire pressure down 5 psi all around and I want to see if I still get the pull, I think I thunk that the tire pressures could be higher then what was on the steering column...I tired it for a few thousand miles and noticed the ride to be a bit jarring for my tastes. Brought them down to 40psi in the rear and 30psi up front and the initial around town ride was much softer.Amskeptic wrote:So I'm ten days late to the party. . . .spiffy wrote:So I have a slight pull to the right at highway speed.....very slight. Is this an alignment problem?
Yes, alignment problem. Usually it is a slight camber issue. Please make sure that your tire pressures are equal. Make sure your calipers are equally dragging on the rotors, they do drag to keep pads dry.
Make sure that your wheel bearings are adjusted equally.
If test drive shows pull still, find an empty section of road where you can ride the crown of the road. Drag go away?
Last alignment technician did not put in automatic bias for road crown.
Add a little positive camber on left wheel. Eccentric should go to the left maybe 1/16th turn. Or take it to an alignment rack.
Colin
Any of you folks that have the reinforced tires ( I have the Hankooks) it is fun to play with the pressures and see how much it effects ride and handling, I took my rear tires up to 50psi and my fronts up to 40psi and the bus was stable as a bullet in high winds but potholes or abrupt bumps would knock your teeth out.
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A good way to find the correct pressure for your Bus, or any car for that matter. Get a tire crayon and make a line across the tread. Then take a ride stopping frequently to check the wear on the line. If it wears out in the middle first you have to much pressure, If it wears out on the edges you need more pressure. You can also do a fully loaded going camping test vs a normal run around town test so you know how much to put in for road trips. It would also probably show abnormal wear due to misalignment. Just guessing on that last one.
Bill
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