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Old 25 Sep 2006, 10:44 pm
Don
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Default Re: accord wheel alignment readout

On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 02:59:48 +0000 (UTC), "TeGGeR®"
<tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote:

>"Shep" <djsljsrn@capital.net> wrote in
>news:1159144961_23007@sp6iad.superfeed.net:
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>> Where are you going with these questions, they got it almost perfect,
>> some specs are not adjustable.

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>The only adjustment on the '99 Accord is toe. If you want to adjust
>anything else, you need to install aftermarket suspension parts.


Or replace bent parts or bend something.

In terms of tire wear toe is everything. Caster and camber will not
do much to tire wear at all unless wildly off. Caster balance will
have an effect on pull. If wildly wrong on both sides caster will
change handling characteristics. Camber hardly makes a rat's ass with
radial tires even if wildly wrong -- although this varies with tire
profile etc. Wear on one side of the tire only that is blamed on
camber usually proves to be toe wear. Most cases of pull blamed on
alignment prove to be tire issues. The alignment shop I sublet to
routinely reports that the car pulled when they finished their
alignment and road-tested it. They then move the tires around to
prove that the pull moves with the tires and is not alignment-induced.

Don
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Don
www.donsautomotive.com

>Also, as the bushings begin to sag from age, camber tends to increase.


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