Once I had a Ford F250 and it was amazing to see the difference between a 2 wheel and a 4 wheel alaignment. I would do this once a while. Two wheel I do every spring because of the ice patches and curbs in parking lots you hit while the snow is too high to see them. Now I have two Vw's and do the same. It's a bit pricy but worth the mony. Hartmut ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Snow <slowmachine@COX.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 12:41 PM Subject: Re: shocks/ alignment
> >> And are our wheels four wheel aligned??? ... or is it just the front??? > >> > >> > >> > > By the book, the Vanagon does get all four wheels aligned. However I've > > never seen anyone actually do it.! > > > > I had a four wheel alignment done on my 1982 Westy a few months ago. > I'm positive that they did all four wheels because I sat in the bay and > assisted the technician with some of it. It was a difficult job and the > shop manager was hounding the mechanic to hurry up and finish for the > last hour or so. I suspect that only the front wheels would have been > done if I wasn't there to supervise. I had to break out the Bentley and > show them the alignment specs for the rear. The numbers were not in > their computer. > > Michael Snow > 1982 Westfalia 1.9D > 1986 GL > 1987 Syncro GL > |
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