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Old 06-13-2007, 05:36 AM   #7
Ivan D.
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Re: Are alignments on these trucks that hard to accomplish?

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Originally Posted by chevymotocross View Post
Says the last guy was way off, but the camber is still off since it isn't adjustable?
I had a similar experience when aligning my Lincoln after rebuilding the front end, chief technician at Belle Tire told me he can only adjust toe, as the caster of these cars is not adjustable - I just walked to the the manager of the shop who was standing behind the counter and with dead-calm voice told him it'd be in his best interest to fire his technician on the spot, as he obviously knows nothing about alignments. I was the same Belle Tire shop that had to install me two tires for free because one of the other technicians decided to lay on the gas and spin the rear tires as he was entering the garage...

I honestly think that most of these places go just by what the machine tells them to, and as said the machine has only so much "knowledge". Captkaos is correct, camber is adjusted through the shims behind the UCA shafts. However I have been told that this is also how one adjusts caster - by having more shims under the front of the UCA shaft than under the rear bolt.
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