[T3] Alignment

[dlstiefel]

On 2016-12-15 10:07, Daniel K. Du Vall wrote:
> You are correct that most shops don't have the owner sit in the car
> during alignment. But I know of a shop that had a car that kept
> returning for premature where on the tires. The customer would drop
> off the car and leave after a few times one of the techs ask the sales
> rep to have the person come back and once they saw him they then let
> him know to bring his normal load during his every day driving.  Once
> he did they knew what the problem was, the driver was excessively over
> weight and his load was a car full of passengers that were about the
> same. So they set the alignment with it loaded and the problem was
> solved.
> 
> I went to school with the tech and he also said after that they always
> asked to see the driver and ask questions. Some times he said that it
> was just the driver, adding 300 pounds or more to the drivers side
> shifts things enough to matter.  We had a guy in class who was at
> least 300 pounds and we tested this to find out if it was true and
> were surprised how much the geometry changes.
> 
> 
> Sorry for the long post I just thought it was a good story since we
> have been discusing alignment for a while now.
> 
> 
> Daniel Du Vall

On a side note the computer on our alignment machine at our tech school 
will say on some cars (especially Ford products) to fill up the gas tank 
before alignment. Won't hurt on any car however.

-- 
Dennis Stiefel
Automotive Service/Repair (Mechanics) Instructor
Dekalb County Technology Center
Rainsville, AL
Work (256) 638-4421 EX 109