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Old Sep 9, 2017 | 05:05 PM
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Question 2013 FX4 Alignment

I got an alignment done a week ago and had to go back to get the steering wheel straightened as it always was to the right. I got to thinking.... do these specs look ok to everyone? It's got a 1.5" level and 33's. Everything is green but I'm hoping I can get the most life from my tires.


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Old Sep 10, 2017 | 09:15 AM
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At those specs, you shouldn't have any problems. Just rotate your tires regularly and you'll be fine.
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Old Sep 10, 2017 | 09:17 AM
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Can't help with the specs, but if that alignment shop was so lazy to return the truck with the wheel cocked to one side or the other, I'd be going somewhere else, that's just plain ignoring the details. Wonder if the tech would go with that on his own.
I had the front end aligned on a big truck at the best shop in the area, the shops description. My wheel was cocked a good 90 degrees. I took it back, the reasoning I got was, "Well, it "IS" a big truck". Ya, right!!!!
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Old Sep 10, 2017 | 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by johnday
Can't help with the specs, but if that alignment shop was so lazy to return the truck with the wheel cocked to one side or the other, I'd be going somewhere else, that's just plain ignoring the details. Wonder if the tech would go with that on his own.
I had the front end aligned on a big truck at the best shop in the area, the shops description. My wheel was cocked a good 90 degrees. I took it back, the reasoning I got was, "Well, it "IS" a big truck". Ya, right!!!!
I'll second the shop being lazy, did anyone notice that they didn't check the caster when doing the alignment? It takes literally 10 seconds to check the caster, you turn the wheel to right and then to the left and the machine takes all the measurements, there's no excuse for not checking it.
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Old Sep 10, 2017 | 10:52 AM
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Looks like you got a basic "toe and go". To top it off, they didn't even centre the wheel! I wouldn't doubt if they hung on the suspension to get the numbers to look proper (a dirty trick I herd tell of) and quickly hit the print button.
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Old Sep 10, 2017 | 10:52 AM
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Good catch, I didn't notice that, guess the details escaped me!!
Then again, no one paid me for my reply.
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