Thread: Steering crabbing after replalcing parts ...

Take it in to Tyre power in Cranny Wayne, they do an excellent job on the wheel alighnment on mine, Ive had 2 done by them so far and it's allways been spot on.

There is no science in aligning a Disco, It can be done with a tape measure unless something is bent.
All the fancy equipment in the world will not do it better.
A thorough visual inspection of the leading arm and trailing arm mounting points should be done, measuring the distance from a known datum, eg the rear trailing arm mounting point.
Pulling is most likely if you have bent a suspension mount, and you have to hit something pretty hard to do that.
Alternatively, If a bush has coincidentally failed at the top of the rear a frame where it mounts to the chassis , it can cause pulling.
Take it back to the specialist, and point out the pulling. They should have road tested it.
Regards Philip A

Originally Posted by PhilipA

There is no science in aligning a Disco, It can be done with a tape measure unless something is bent.
All the fancy equipment in the world will not do it better.

Regards Philip A

I wasnt saying there was any science, and all the fancy equipment if used properly can be a very powerful diagnostic tool as well as a very good visuall check is done before they start adjusting anything.

Best thing to do is to get it off the ground on a 4 post and have a look if you want to do it yourself and then jack the body up and check every thing again.

It's probably nothing too serious but I suggested tyrepower as they are not expensive, they are quick and they know what they are doing, tick in every box.

Im one of the converted that does his own front end alighnment with a tape measure

As has been said its not rocket science and dont be scared to try it

And if you do stuff it so what you gave it a go and you are a bit more familar with you car , so then take it to the said place

Originally Posted by rangieman

Im one of the converted that does his own front end alighnment with a tape measure

As has been said its not rocket science and dont be scared to try it

And if you do stuff it so what you gave it a go and you are a bit more familar with you car , so then take it to the said place

I used to do it myself on all my other cars but after taking numerous amounts of skin off my knuckles that I normally do enough of during my job, I discovered that I can get someone elses skin on the bits under the landy and he does as gooda job as me if not better.

I once did the Triton on the beezbathe machine at trade school and was amazed at all the information that I could get from the 4 sensors, I had no idea that one of the back wheels was bent by 1/2mm that wasnt even noticable but was wearing one of the tyres un evenly.

Good luck with what ever way you go Wayne.

Originally Posted by mcrover

I used to do it myself on all my other cars but after taking numerous amounts of skin off my knuckles that I normally do enough of during my job, I discovered that I can get someone elses skin on the bits under the landy and he does as gooda job as me if not better.

I once did the Triton on the beezbathe machine at trade school and was amazed at all the information that I could get from the 4 sensors, I had no idea that one of the back wheels was bent by 1/2mm that wasnt even noticable but was wearing one of the tyres un evenly.

Good luck with what ever way you go Wayne.

You would be going to remove skin off your knuckles doing a LR alighnment

Maybe your new name should be ape stop dragging your knuckles on the ground mate

Thanks for the replies ...
I think I'll take down to it to Tyrepower in Cranny, thanks McRover. ( ARB in Dandenong know their stuff too I hear )

Originally Posted by rangieman

You would be going to remove skin off your knuckles doing a LR alighnment

Maybe your new name should be ape stop dragging your knuckles on the ground mate

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