I have had shops do front end alignments for me and I get the car home
and end up redoing them in my carport with a tape and string and a
level. I have yet to find a front end shop that know's how to read specs.



Martin wrote:

Carl,

What you "used to do" is not brain surgery. Don't act like it is.

Martin

Carl Byrns wrote:

"Martin" wrote in message
groups.com...

It's best to arrive at the shop with alignment in the ballpark.

I used to do front end work for a living- if you can drive on the rack, you
can bring it back into alignment.


Caster and camber are highly interactive on this vehicle, ie you loosen
the upper A-frame mounts and wiggle everthing around to change both
settings.

Front end shops have a tool for that...


If they are 'way off, you're far less likely to get a
satisfactory result from some guy who's used to just setting the
toe-in.


Bull****- toe is the last operation done.
Vans really need to be thrust angle aligned- not a driveway job.


Do you change your own oil?

Do you do your own brain surgery?


Some of us have curiousity that goes a
little further

Curiosity killed the cat :-(

-Carl