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Alignment story may be useful for some 850

posted by  850 owner on  Wed Feb 18 12:59 CST 2004
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Hi all ---

My 850 had been pulling to the left for around a year now. I took it to one shop who made the alignment worse (I went back to see my car on the rack, but only saw two guys toying around with the alignment, no computers!), then took it to Firestone, who said they got it to spec, but it still pulled to the left. I was discouraged, so paid for a "lifetime alignment" at my local Firestone, figuring I could bring it back as many times as needed without having to complain. The guy working there said that the rear right wheel was off and pushing the car to the left. He also said the rear wheel toe is adjustable. Nice! No one ever touched the rear wheels on my 850 during alignment! Didn't know they were adjustable!! Maybe someone else might be helped by this. Car now drives and tracks perfectly straight.

By the way, if you live in Southern California, DO NOT go to the BF Goodrich in Anaheim on the corner of Lincoln and Western. Those guys WILL screw up your car!! The worst service center I have ever seen!! They sent two guys out to do my alignment, wihtout a rack or computer!! I guess they did it just by sight alone.
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    Alignment story may be useful for some 850

    posted by  someone claiming to be Ray N. on  Thu Feb 19 05:29 CST 2004 [RELATED]

    I had a dealer do mine and they hook it up to a computer
    system that reads out all 4 wheels and the geometry between them
    (thrust angle, as I recall is the measurment of axle to axle
    orientation). Then they adjust it. The readout includes the
    limits and it is easy to see if the car is in or out of spec (heck,
    it tells you how far out of spec it is). It seems hard to mess up.
    Kind of amazes me the original shop couldn't do it unless they only
    aligned the front or made manual measurements.








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      Alignment story may be useful for some 850

      posted by  parmb on  Thu Feb 26 03:49 CST 2004
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      Bas***d - I took mine 4 wheel alignment, the guy hooked up to the computer and aligned the front, the back drivers tire was also out but the guy said it had no adjustment WAN**R - said it's bushes etc.

      Damm thing still pulls to the left

      will get this looked into thanx






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