Originally Posted by
CROSSBOLT
Mirageman, how do you KNOW it is out of alignment? I am guessing from your posts that the steering wheel is off-center left, your genius dealer tech "aligns it" and then it is off center right, right? Answer yes/ no
Does the car drive straight, hands off, sready speed on a straight road/highway for a hundred or more feet? Answer yes/no
Does the car require a steady steer input by you to drive straight on the same road above? Answer yes/no
Lemme tell you something about MOST techs since 1950 and alignment machines: they generally think that if they get the indicator needles "in the green" they have it right. Not so on most settings as they should be in the green and generally matching values left and right. They care not where the steer wheel is if they get the toe set properly. Most of these guys don't even know how to "unload" the front wheels after they make adjustments that change the position of the contact patch. Some machines are built to do this but some are not. Most modern 4-wheel alignment machines do this.
Give answers and let's see what is going on.
1. No. Before alignment the wheel is off center. After alignment the wheel is centered. Then within the next day-week it comes back out of alignment and it varies between left and right but normally left.
2. Hard to tell. I would say its fairly straight. 100 ft maybe not though.
3. No. If I correct the wheel being off center the car will then go in that direction.
Yes, I know some shops are very bad at alignments. Pepboys (three times) would get it to the most extreme barely in the green and call it good or give me no printout at all. But I have also been to two Mitsubishi dealers, and a real local alignment shop. I attached the most resent results from the dealer for reference. It seems to be the Toe always having major problems.
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