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Wheel Alignment question
I'm looking for some general knowledge here. I got my Scout fixed from
the tie rod mishap, but the alignment is wrong. I brought it to the
tire place for an alignment, and they told me they couldn't do it. (I
later found out that they could do the toe-in, which is all I was
worried about -- after all, it was a tie rod problem I had.)
Anyways, they said that the camber and caster were screwed up, but they
didn't have the right tool to adjust it. Near as I can tell from
reading up on this stuff, you can't really adjust camber or caster.
Well, you CAN, but it's extremely expensive and a real pain in the butt.
The proper caster angle is probably showing up on their computer as 0
degrees. As I understand it, 2 degress is about ideal, with 2-4 degress
being OK. I'm taking a shot in the dark here: camber is, ideally, zero?
When the tie rod fell out of on the left side, I suppose it's possible
something got twisted screwing up one of these measurements. But, I
kind of doubt it since I was (fortunately) going so slow. Under 5MPH,
as it happened less than 10 feet from a stop sign.
Any help verifying the proper numbers would be much appreciated. There
is a place in the next town over that might be able to adjust camber and
caster, but it's a 30+ minute drive each way in a vehicle that can hit
the 75MPH limit on the interstate. I'm not sure if my Scout can handle
that speed. Oh, yeah. If it makes a difference, it's a 2WD RHD Scout.
Thanks,
Dave
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