loguey Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I have recently been promoted to having the title of wheel alignment technician. Now I've been doing tracking/geos for over five years but it seems every one in 3 geos i do the steering wheel hangs down to the left when driving straight, then do another geo on it again and its straight. The cars always drive nice and straight just the wheel is out. Any techys have this issue before? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AdamB Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I've always been told to set the car up so that it always pulls slightly towards the curb. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mech5107 Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Do you shake the car in order for the suspension to settle? Do you do the allignment with the driver in? Do all tire pressures be the same? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loguey Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 When i bring the ramp back down to do my camber measurement and castor swing i move the ramp up and down to settle the suspension and that bounces more than i can ever do by hand. All tyre pressures are always checked and our system is set to not have a driver in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daniel_g Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 What kind of wheel alignment machine do you use ? And what equipment do you have ? Like steering wheel locker, brake pedal depresser etc. Can't say i've had this issue but a few difficult ones though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loguey Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 We have a spanesi one, i assume my bodyshop got it as part of a deal as we have spanesi jigs. Got the steering clamp and brake depresser. Its crying out for an update but they want £500 to send out an update(so im told via managment) but the big man has jus left after 30 years and he wasnt going to authorise a purchase like that within the last couple of weeks. Either way, this has been going on for 2 or 3 years with this machine now im starting to get really miffed with it.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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