[Shotimes] Axle replacement progress?

[George Fourchy]

On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 21:48:33 -0500, cmichaelo@optonline.net wrote:

>So I seperated the knuckle from the strut, and that is more likely to mess up your alignment.

Nope.  It won't, unless something is put back wrong.

283,000 miles...and with multiple swaps of springs and struts, brakes and axles, 
Lowrider last saw an alignment rack in 2002 (at about 240,000), to get specs only;
and before that, in 2000 (at 192,000, just before the cancer incident), to confirm
that one of the tension strut nuts was backed off a bit, causing a change in
alignment from acceleration to coast.  Prior to that, the last time it saw a rack
was the first time, back in 1991, when it was eating the rear GY Eagle GT + 4 tires
for dinner, due to the rears being out of alignment.  Fronts were not touched.

When I need to adjust toe, for whatever reason (changing outer TREs), I use my eyes,
lining up the front wheels with the rears.

The front wheels have NEVER been out of alignment enough to adjust, and the camber
plates have not been cut.  It did (and does) run more negative camber than it did
when new...maybe 2 degrees or so now (possibly up to 4 degrees with the worn
original LCAs)....I just consider that a result of the towers sagging a bit towards
the center of the car, certainly expected due to its age.  The hood still fits fine.
 Tires go 50K miles, and it handles great.  

George