Alignment question

wolken · Post by **wolken** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:02 pm

I just made an appointment to get my Fiero aligned and the guy said he didnt think that there was an adjustment for the alignment in the back. Can someone confirm or deny that and provide some feedback if there is an adjustment. I am taking it in tomorrow and I thought I had read about an alignment adjustment in the rear.

Thanks

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donk_316 · Post by **donk_316** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:03 pm

ofcourse there is adjustment at the rear. there are tie rods back there...

Kohburn · Post by **Kohburn** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:03 pm

the rear ajusts the same as 90% of FWD cars front ends

wolken · Post by **wolken** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:10 pm

Yeah thats what I thought. Thanks guys

donk_316 · Post by **donk_316** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:20 pm

Anytime! Your questions answered in 10 min or less or your money back!

Mach10 · Post by **Mach10** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:28 pm

:scratch:

It's just my policy, but I don't usually take my car for business to a place that can't show to me that they know what they are doing.

I've had bad alignments done before, and it's amazingly hard to convince some of these clowns that the camber's all fucked up when they couldn't be bothered to check it in the first place.

And I've been told upon returning that having the back end feel like I'm running on two banana peels is "perfectly normal" because of the mid-engine setup. :cussing:

I tell them I won't pay for it unless they can give me a printout from their alignment rig of the EXACT specs that they measured.

Fuckers handed me a pair of before and after sheets showing -2Âº camber, +1/8 toe left and +1.8Âº camber, 0 toe right, for both the before AND after.

Yeah, wonder why my car was tracking funny?

Best $75 I ever spent :la:

The Dark Side of Will · Mon Mar 27, 2006 6:29 pm

Good alignment shops are notoriously hard to find.

Of course the rear is adjustable. Any monkey can look at the electronic literature that alignment rack MFG's offer these days and see what has to be done. Alignment is not rocket science. It amazes me that there are so few people who can get it right.

JamesCurtis · Post by **JamesCurtis** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 6:50 pm

I once took my fiero to a TO Haas, I pretty much just gave him the "you're an idiot" look and left after he told me the rear end couldn't be aligned.

Pyrthian · Post by **Pyrthian** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 9:16 am

wolken wrote:I just made an appointment to get my Fiero aligned and the guy said he didnt think that there was an adjustment for the alignment in the back. Can someone confirm or deny that and provide some feedback if there is an adjustment. I am taking it in tomorrow and I thought I had read about an alignment adjustment in the rear.

Thanks

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dont let them do it.
the rear alignment on a Fiero is VERY important.
I've had very good luck at Belle Tire.
worst luck at PepBoys - in fact, just about everything about PepBoys sucks...their brand starters & alternators last almost exactly one year....

wolken · Post by **wolken** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 10:04 am

Thanks for all the suggestions I have taken vehicles to them before and I think they will do alright. I think the guy I talked to on the phone was an idiot I dont think he will be aligning my car (he was answering phones)

Later
Matt.

Real Fiero Tech

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