Wheel Alignment

I'll get this fixed before next weekend's trip.

Took it out this weekend and on the freeway it drove fine although I feel like I had to make quite a few adjustments to keep it roughly straight. But it was windy so to be expected.

Oddly, called a bloke at one of the centres to re-book it in (this is a big repairs chain of places) and he said they'd redo it to match Land Rover spec but that in Australia they sometimes use different specs to in Europe which could be why their system shows different values.

Can anyone confirm this? Sounds a bit odd to me. Why would a vehicle alignment change between Europe vs Australia?

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Originally Posted by Arnoooooooooold

I'll get this fixed before next weekend's trip.

Took it out this weekend and on the freeway it drove fine although I feel like I had to make quite a few adjustments to keep it roughly straight. But it was windy so to be expected.

Oddly, called a bloke at one of the centres to re-book it in (this is a big repairs chain of places) and he said they'd redo it to match Land Rover spec but that in Australia they sometimes use different specs to in Europe which could be why their system shows different values.

Can anyone confirm this? Sounds a bit odd to me. Why would a vehicle alignment change between Europe vs Australia?

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To compensate for camber, particularly differing from left or right side driving.
I used to use a bloke in Charters Towers to do the alignment on my Western Star. The first thing he asked was what roads do I mainly drive.

I took it into a different aligner's today, specifically asked for 1mm toe OUT and was given toe IN.

They were nearer to me than the prev aligners meaning I could take it in on my lunch break.. But knowing what I know now I should have just sent this info to the previous place for them to redo it.

Now i've realised that it's wrong again I've taken the following extracts from RAVE and also from a different forum (here) so that if anyone else needs theirs aligned they can just print off these and show them to the aligners. I just emailed this to the place that did mine for when I rebook it in.

The guy today told me after aligning it that he could only align one wheel because there is only one track rod to adjust.. ! Hence the second image.

Hopefully will save you some running around and/or cost.

I was too casual and easygoing about this and it's bit me in the ass.



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Originally Posted by Arnoooooooooold

The guy today told me after aligning it that he could only align one wheel because there is only one track rod to adjust..




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If only the guy had decent training…….

I do agree it’s tough to convince to adjust to toe out….

Well.. I had some issues to say the least. I had to leave it with them over night (they told me it was all done then when I picked it up hadn't changed anything on the readout) and then when I picked it up the day after, these were the results.

Please can someone take a look for me and confirm that this is wrong? I thought it should be -1.0mm overall toe (toe out). Perhaps I just don't understand wheel alignment?

Honestly i'm tired of talking to them so I just took the car off them. I had no idea this would be so difficult.

If someone could be kind enough to tell me the 'correct' numbers I'd appreciate it. Thanks.

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Originally Posted by Arnoooooooooold

I took it into a different aligner's today, specifically asked for 1mm toe OUT and was given toe IN.

They were nearer to me than the prev aligners meaning I could take it in on my lunch break.. But knowing what I know now I should have just sent this info to the previous place for them to redo it.

Now i've realised that it's wrong again I've taken the following extracts from RAVE and also from a different forum (here) so that if anyone else needs theirs aligned they can just print off these and show them to the aligners. I just emailed this to the place that did mine for when I rebook it in.

The guy today told me after aligning it that he could only align one wheel because there is only one track rod to adjust.. ! Hence the second image.

Hopefully will save you some running around and/or cost.

I was too casual and easygoing about this and it's bit me in the ass.



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if you lengthen the rod it will increase toe in ( second image )

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Originally Posted by Arnoooooooooold

Well.. I had some issues to say the least. I had to leave it with them over night (they told me it was all done then when I picked it up hadn't changed anything on the readout) and then when I picked it up the day after, these were the results.

Please can someone take a look for me and confirm that this is wrong? I thought it should be -1.0mm overall toe (toe out). Perhaps I just don't understand wheel alignment?

Honestly i'm tired of talking to them so I just took the car off them. I had no idea this would be so difficult.

If someone could be kind enough to tell me the 'correct' numbers I'd appreciate it. Thanks.

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Yes, negative is toe out, the previous alignment was correct

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Originally Posted by Arnoooooooooold

The guy today told me after aligning it that he could only align one wheel because there is only one track rod to adjust.. !

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I lost it at this [emoji54][emoji23]

Bloody hell…. How do they keep their business doing this crap!

Training is abysmal nowadays.

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I lost it at this [emoji54][emoji23]

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I'm thinking it surely must've been a misinterpretation where the aligner had said something like " can only do 1 wheelset or 1 axle" .
If that was really the case then O.P. should go back and have a word with boss before an accident occurs

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Originally Posted by Arnoooooooooold

The guy today told me after aligning it that he could only align one wheel because there is only one track rod to adjust.. ! Hence the second image.

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And to think he does it for a living!