Jerks~! Question about front end alignments? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

Brewski* · 10-27-2002, 11:42 PM

Got my front end aligned. Wasn't right! Took it back. Still not right. Bumped a small parking stop and now my steering wheel is crooked. Looked underneath and the steering stabilizer is completely loose. Wonder what else is still loose. Jerks. What would cause a slight bump into a parking curb (you know the ones painted yellow in every parking lot) to set the wheel off that much? It drives pretty straight now that I bumped the dam thing! Would just like to straighten the wheel and be done with it. Any advice?

Hooter · 10-27-2002, 11:46 PM

they didnt tighten anything up properly. Thats what it sounds like to me because a light bump to the front end should not throw alliginment off.

Brewski* · 10-27-2002, 11:57 PM

Alignment seems fine just crooked steering wheel? Im like what the F? These idiots also tightened a wheel bearing without repacking it and it went out and cost me 350.00 because I was in bumbfu and it was siezed to the spindle. What a rip this place is I should take them to small claims court. Any suggestions would help!!!

Alexis · 10-28-2002, 12:04 AM

take it to court......... you could'a died and not been able to make this post.

Brewski* · 10-28-2002, 12:10 AM

Yeah, I was running about 65 when it went, and being a 4x4 she was all over both lanes of traffic, not to mention almost a ditch and a corn field were lookin' like a new home. If there was an oncoming car it would be a total blood bath. These pricks deny that tightening the front wheel bearing had anything to do with it. I say BS, it was not an issue until they worked on it and the wheel bearings were less than a year old~!

JJ · 10-28-2002, 03:36 AM

Brewski, did you go back after they messed up your wheel bearing?

Fred T · 10-28-2002, 03:42 AM

Did you contact your local consumer fraud office? Or the county prosecutor? It's getting real near to election time and that's when they work best!

Southpa · 10-28-2002, 03:57 AM

I guess I can consider myself one lucky s.o.b. I do most of the work myself but when it comes to alignments and stuff out of my expertise I bring my truck in to a Firestone shop where my friend works. He makes sure the work gets done properly and tells me whats what afterwards.

Most of the time when you bring a vehicle in (to a large, busy garage) you don't get to talk to the mechanic who does the work. You talk to the monkey at the service desk who just repeats whats been written down on the invoice.

10-27-2002, 11:42 PM	#1
Brewski* Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Rocky Mount, MO Posts: 1,293	Jerks~! Question about front end alignments? Got my front end aligned. Wasn't right! Took it back. Still not right. Bumped a small parking stop and now my steering wheel is crooked. Looked underneath and the steering stabilizer is completely loose. Wonder what else is still loose. Jerks. What would cause a slight bump into a parking curb (you know the ones painted yellow in every parking lot) to set the wheel off that much? It drives pretty straight now that I bumped the dam thing! Would just like to straighten the wheel and be done with it. Any advice?

10-27-2002, 11:46 PM	#2
Hooter My other Love Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Castlegar B.C. Canada Posts: 4,085	they didnt tighten anything up properly. Thats what it sounds like to me because a light bump to the front end should not throw alliginment off. __________________ Castlegar B.C.The great white North (Canada Eh!) Hooter_5@hotmail.com First generation Monte Carlo club pictures of my life

10-28-2002, 03:36 AM	#6
JJ Lurking Member Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Forest Grove, OR USA Posts: 196	Brewski, did you go back after they messed up your wheel bearing? __________________ JJ 72 GMC 1500 350 4 Speed, stone stock baby!!!!! 72 GMC K-2500 350TPI 700R4 For those who fought for it, Freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.

10-28-2002, 03:42 AM	#7
Fred T Cantankerous Geezer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bel Aire, KS Posts: 6,264	Did you contact your local consumer fraud office? Or the county prosecutor? It's getting real near to election time and that's when they work best! __________________ Fred There is no such thing as too much cam...just not enough engine.

10-28-2002, 03:57 AM	#8
Southpa Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Location: Victoria, BC, Canada Posts: 2,410	I guess I can consider myself one lucky s.o.b. I do most of the work myself but when it comes to alignments and stuff out of my expertise I bring my truck in to a Firestone shop where my friend works. He makes sure the work gets done properly and tells me whats what afterwards. Most of the time when you bring a vehicle in (to a large, busy garage) you don't get to talk to the mechanic who does the work. You talk to the monkey at the service desk who just repeats whats been written down on the invoice. __________________ 1970 GMC 1500 Custom Original 350/TH350 Victoria, BC, Canada You can wish in one hand and crap in the other. See which one gets filled first.

10-27-2002, 11:57 PM	#3
Brewski* Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Rocky Mount, MO Posts: 1,293	Alignment seems fine just crooked steering wheel? Im like what the F? These idiots also tightened a wheel bearing without repacking it and it went out and cost me 350.00 because I was in bumbfu and it was siezed to the spindle. What a rip this place is I should take them to small claims court. Any suggestions would help!!!

10-28-2002, 12:04 AM	#4
Alexis Member since 2000 Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Mountain View Ca / Mexico Posts: 7,879	take it to court......... you could'a died and not been able to make this post.

10-28-2002, 12:10 AM	#5
Brewski* Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Rocky Mount, MO Posts: 1,293	Yeah, I was running about 65 when it went, and being a 4x4 she was all over both lanes of traffic, not to mention almost a ditch and a corn field were lookin' like a new home. If there was an oncoming car it would be a total blood bath. These pricks deny that tightening the front wheel bearing had anything to do with it. I say BS, it was not an issue until they worked on it and the wheel bearings were less than a year old~!

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