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On 19 Feb 2005 at 12:36, Everett Barnes wrote: > Questions: > 1. They set the camber to 1.2 degrees on both sides (from my digital "laser" > alignment printout). The spec. is 1 degree, 20 minutes so shouldn't that be > 1.3333 degrees? The spec is 1-20 +/- 20, so anything between 1 degree and 1 degree, 40 is okay. > 2. Same with the toe-in, it's set to .45 degrees. The spec is 40 minutes so > isn't that .66666 degrees? Spec is 40 min +/- 15 min, so anything from 25 min to 55 min is okay. You are within the spec range, so I'd say this was pretty good. With radial tires, it's recommended that you shoot for the minimum end of both figures, again what you've supposedly been given sounds pretty good. > I verified that the bottom ball joints were left pointing forward per my > instructions. > > The upper left ball joint has the little line pointing backwards a small > amount. Shouldn't they all generally point in the forward direction? Can I > just rotate it 180 degrees until I have time to take it to a better > alignment shop? I gather that it's pointing mostly to one side and a little to the back. If you wanted to improve this, you could move it so that it's pointing to the same side, but as much forward as it is now pointing back. Don't rotate it 180. How is the upper sway bar play. If there is a lot of play there then the alignment figures won't mean anything. If it really pulls to the left, and your left front brake isn't dragging, I don't know what's going on. Maybe their numbers are no good, or maybe there's something weird going on in the rear. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~