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Old 24 Sep 2006, 07:41 pm
Shep
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Default Re: accord wheel alignment readout

Where are you going with these questions, they got it almost perfect, some
specs are not adjustable.
"blade" <qzmp86@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1159134288.379825.39080@e3g2000cwe.googlegrou ps.com...
> just got a wheel alignment done on my 99 accord (64K miles) at midas...
> looking at the readout i don't see a whole lot of adjustments made
> (for eg caster L/R, sai, curve toein etc)..
> some of the numbers seem worse than before (camber L/R front/rear).
> i guess only toe looks to be improved..
> my questions to the folks in-the-know-
> 1. what do you make of the read outs..
> 2. does it indicate the best possible adjustments..
> 3. finally are the alignment results objective or subjective.. if i
> took the same car to a different shop would i get similar results..
> 4. now that the car is aligned, if i were to take it to another shop
> would they come back saying nothing needs to be done?
> too many questions, hope someone can shed some light on this..
> thanks!
>
> front
> measured database adjusted
> caster left 2.82 1.80/2.80/3.80 2.86
> right 2.11 1.80/2.80/3.80 2.13
> sai left 7.96 n/a 7.96
> right 6.44 n/a 6.44
> curve left 0.3 n/a 0.3
> toein right 0.5 n/a 0.5
> camber left -0.1 -1.00/0.00/1.00 -0.25
> angle right 0.84 -1.00/0.00/1.00 0.92
> partial left -0.09 n/a 0.01
> toe right 0.01 n/a 0.00
> total toe -0.08 -0.04/0.00/0.04 0.01
> set-back -0.11 n/a -0.09
>
> rear
> camber left -1.22 -1.50/0.50/1.50 -1.35
> angle right 0.33 -1.50/0.50/1.50 0.39
> partial left -0.06 n/a 0.01
> toe right -0.23 n/a 0.00
> totaltoe -0.29 -0.00/0.01/0.03 0.01
> thrust angle 0.29 n/a 0.01
> set-back -0.12 n/a -0.15
>




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