Our best alignment shop here in Bend is Alignment Techniques, Mike Wing is the guy. Anyone who's anyone (cops, the big towing company, etc.) use this guy. He has scads of experience and keeps upgrading his equipment. A bit grumpy but so am I. Two years ago my van was in a collision, insurance paid for all the needed work including alignment. Mike's son did the work, I felt that it wasn't steering right so I brought it back a couple weeks later. Mike himself took a look and grumbled that kids are useless, etc., and tweaked everything. No charge. Until they did that work there was a little scrubbing of rubber off the outside edges of the tread, but lately the scrubbing got real bad on the driver's side. In fact, after our 10-day camping trip I saw cord peeking through. Not good. So I've put a pair of my older Coopers on the front and gave the guy a call to make an appointment. He said he was puzzled by the location of the wear. Driver's side outside edge is apparently not a common location. But then, no one can be an expert on all vehicles. Before I see him, does anyone here have any thoughts on what could cause my tire wear? -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, Bend, Ore. |
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