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Hi all
Over about 10 years I have had almost as many wheel alignment jobs done on my HJ ute, they have been pretty good but more recently they have been way off. Years ago, I was told that because there are no shims left on one side, that I would have to get the chassis rebent however since then other people have said it is spot on anyway!! (so no need for chassis work!) The last time I had it done they reckoned the settings were spot on - they took it for a test drive, realised it pulled to the right and rechecked the settings but said they were still spot on and that I would need a specialist to look at it since there must be something bent...or stuffed. He reckoned it might be a tyre pulling it and swapped them over to no avail.
So I went home and got a measuring tape and measured the distance between the two tyres groove to groove front then back and it was out 1cm, so I adjusted the drivers tie rod myself so that at least the tyres are parallel and it drove heaps better.
I guess my question is, is this just as good as using special equipment assuming caster/camber is correct? Or can someone advise of a good place in Perth to go where thay know what they are doing.
thanks
Andrew
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If you've made them parallel it means you have zero toe in, which is not right on a HJ from memory. The chassis may also be cracked. Have a very close inspection around the rear welds on the rear of the lower control arm rear mount (on either side). HQ-HX |
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Hi Richo, As Byron said, it isn't quite right. They should have 1 - 3 mm of toe-in. Where in Perth are you? I know a couple of competent places to have wheel alignments done in Midland. Cheers...Dave Edited by user Saturday, 5 November 2005 8:32:10 AM(UTC)
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Dave,
Hopefully they're better than the fiasco you had here in Melbourne.
cheers...bluHJ
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You're not wrong mate... I ***KNOW*** these guys in Midland are good.
Cheers...Dave
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