TWINRAY
Well-known member
- Joined
- Jul 24, 2003
- Messages
- 451
- Location
- Long Island, NY
- Corvette
- '67 Goodwood Green Coupe, '69 Lemans Blue Roadster
Had the alignment done yesterday. Should have known there would be a problem cause the owner who normally does the alignments was on vacation and another worker in the shop did the work. I told him I wanted the vehicle aligned to Vette Brakes and Products "Daily Street" specs. I gave him a copy of the page in the catalog. Told him these are different from so called Standard specs. The results are in an attachment to this post. Sorry but the cut and paste didn't work.
They were shutting up shop when I picked the car up and the worker who did the alignment gave me a printout of the specs done and the copy of VBP page with the specs I told him to do. Said he got them close to what the Street Specs were. I didn't have a chance then to look at any paperwork but when I got home could see he fked up. The only spec done to VBP Street specs was the rear Camber. The rear Toe is way too much even over Standard specs (.31 total to .1875 max Standard to .125 max VBP. The other specs fall in line to Standard (Front toe, caster and camber). I was going to go in the AM but took the car to work to see how it felt. Last year I put in tie rod ends, a HD Moog Idler arm and a new P/S valve and cylinder. The steering wheel return isn't too good. I've read comments that some think it is the HD Idler arm since they had similar problems and replaced the idler arm with a standard one and all was OK. I really dont want to take this idler arm off. The steering wheel return now is worst. Maybe bacause of the new ball joints? On the highway going straight the steering is OK but in general, it sucks - always seem to be making corrections?
Any comments? I will be going back to the shop tomorrow at least to get the rear toe fixed.
They were shutting up shop when I picked the car up and the worker who did the alignment gave me a printout of the specs done and the copy of VBP page with the specs I told him to do. Said he got them close to what the Street Specs were. I didn't have a chance then to look at any paperwork but when I got home could see he fked up. The only spec done to VBP Street specs was the rear Camber. The rear Toe is way too much even over Standard specs (.31 total to .1875 max Standard to .125 max VBP. The other specs fall in line to Standard (Front toe, caster and camber). I was going to go in the AM but took the car to work to see how it felt. Last year I put in tie rod ends, a HD Moog Idler arm and a new P/S valve and cylinder. The steering wheel return isn't too good. I've read comments that some think it is the HD Idler arm since they had similar problems and replaced the idler arm with a standard one and all was OK. I really dont want to take this idler arm off. The steering wheel return now is worst. Maybe bacause of the new ball joints? On the highway going straight the steering is OK but in general, it sucks - always seem to be making corrections?
Any comments? I will be going back to the shop tomorrow at least to get the rear toe fixed.