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Alignment off after running over a piece of wood

Discussion in 'Suspension' started by Asianguywithatruk, Apr 17, 2014.

  1. Apr 17, 2014 at 9:20 PM
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    Asianguywithatruk

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    Hey TW. Long time lurker here. Got a problem and hoping someone here can help me. I ran over a piece of wood on the freeway. I hit it with my front driver side wheel/tire. Right after that happen, I notice my steering wheel pulling to the left. It'll go straight if I hold the steering wheel straight but once I let go I jolts to the left hard. So I figure my alignment is off and I took it in for an alignment. Here is the printout below. It still pulls to the left but not as bad as before. My caster on the left is in the negative and the SAI, which I'm told is not adjustable, is a little off. I also did some research and read that if the SAI is off then something in the suspension is bent . Thanks for your time and if you have any advice, please share.
    BTW my suspension setup is in my sig.

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  2. Apr 17, 2014 at 9:25 PM
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    bjmoose

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    How good a shop did you take it to? Looks like they gave you a "toe-and-go"

    i.e. changed the toe-in (which is easy) and nothing else.
     
  3. Apr 21, 2014 at 3:51 PM
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    Asianguywithatruk

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    Now that I take another look at it, that's what it looks like to me. Toe n go. Well I took it to another shop after I install my LR UCA and they were bitching about the camber adjust on the top and telling me it's going to take him 4 hours. So I took my keys back. Finally today I took it to a small tire shop that did my alignment the first time. They charged me a little more because to the LR UCA but I know they can do it correctly. It drives nice and straight now. Also my caster is 1.9 and 2.0 which I am happy about.

    Should I go back to the first alignment shop and ask for my money back? I don't know if anyone here have ever done that. Is it right for me to do that? Lol.
     

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