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Doborder 10-12-2013 04:13 PM

Alignment issues
 
I been using this car as a DD for about 5 months
I hit some big pot hole and had to replace the bearing
So I got the car realigned after that.
Ever since then the car cannot hold its alignment
I have taken it back to the alignment shop 3 times this month
And every time they put it on the rack the alignment is
Completely off. I don't track the car. I use it for a dd
Not even spirited driving. The dealer was no help. They are the ones that actually replaced the bearings
The car doesn't pull that badly anymore... Or maybe I've just gotten
Use to it.

Question for people that actually track it?
Is it holding the alignment? If it can't do it on a dd
I wonder how it does when you actually push the car

Thanks

finch1750 10-12-2013 06:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doborder (Post 1266460)
I been using this car as a DD for about 5 months
I hit some big pot hole and had to replace the bearing
So I got the car realigned after that.
Ever since then the car cannot hold its alignment
I have taken it back to the alignment shop 3 times this month
And every time they put it on the rack the alignment is
Completely off. I don't track the car. I use it for a dd
Not even spirited driving. The dealer was no help. They are the ones that actually replaced the bearings
The car doesn't pull that badly anymore... Or maybe I've just gotten
Use to it.

Question for people that actually track it?
Is it holding the alignment? If it can't do it on a dd
I wonder how it does when you actually push the car

Thanks

What specs are being thrown off? toe? camber? by how much?

White64Goat 10-12-2013 06:51 PM

What bearing? Wheel bearing? If it won't hold alignment, something is wrong and you need to find out what it is before you have a catastrophic failure.

Ozzman 10-12-2013 09:44 PM

Post up the before and after readings for the alignment.

Doborder 10-13-2013 01:40 AM

Will do
Wheel bearing was replaced by the dealership

fistpoint 10-13-2013 08:42 AM

Tie rod maybe?

Suberman 10-13-2013 11:41 AM

The explanation you've been given is pure BS.

Once the alignment is completed CORRECTLY nothing can move so the alignment can't mysteriously alter.

Alignment is fixed by the suspension bolts.

Bushing wear or component damage are the causes of alignment variation. If done properly the alignment settings themselves CANNOT MOVE.

Your alignment shop is incompetent.

Probably you have some as yet I identified suspension damage due to the pothole hit. I'd guess a tie rod or ball joint as been bent or flattened.


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