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Old 01-17-2011, 07:59 AM   #9
dznucks
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Re: How many do their own alinements?

The string trick was not a complete alignment fix. It was to get it "good enough" to get it to the alignement shop after a complete front end rebuild.

It drove very striaght and didnt pull at all. I painted the new tie rods and adjuster sleeves, before the alignment. I was able to tell how much they adjsuted it, which wasnt more than a full rotation of the adjuster sleeve on either side.

in doing this, i also noticed that my drivers side rear tire wasnt straight, but the passenger rear tire was. This wouldnt have been caught at the alignment shop since they dont (usually) check the rear wheels.
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