I have had shops do front end alignments for me and I get the car home
and end up redoing them in my carport with a tape and string and a
level. I have yet to find a front end shop that know's how to read specs.



Martin wrote:

> Carl,
>
> What you "used to do" is not brain surgery. Don't act like it is.
>
> Martin
>
> Carl Byrns wrote:
>
>>"Martin" > wrote in message
groups.com...
>>
>>>It's best to arrive at the shop with alignment in the ballpark.
>>
>>I used to do front end work for a living- if you can drive on the rack, you
>>can bring it back into alignment.
>>
>>
>>>Caster and camber are highly interactive on this vehicle, ie you loosen
>>>the upper A-frame mounts and wiggle everthing around to change both
>>>settings.
>>
>>Front end shops have a tool for that...
>>
>>
>>>If they are 'way off, you're far less likely to get a
>>>satisfactory result from some guy who's used to just setting the
>>>toe-in.
>>>
>>
>>Bull****- toe is the last operation done.
>>Vans really need to be thrust angle aligned- not a driveway job.
>>
>>
>>>Do you change your own oil?
>>
>>Do you do your own brain surgery?
>>
>>
>>>Some of us have curiousity that goes a
>>>little further
>>
>>Curiosity killed the cat :-(
>>
>>-Carl
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