Date:         Thu, 26 Mar 1998 22:44:25 -0800
Reply-To:     "Steven X. Schwenk" <sxs@CONCENTRIC.NET>
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From:         "Steven X. Schwenk" <sxs@CONCENTRIC.NET>
Subject:      Re: Syncro Alignment & Vibrations
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Derek, I was responding to Malcom's post looking for your alignment post
from 1994 ... I found it on the Syncro web page.  Your post was very
interesting and I was sufficiently impressed to try your numbers and
method because I had had such terrible luck with alignemnt shops. (The
vw dealer gets it perfect, but it costs $200).  It sounds like the BMW
shop didn't measure the wheel well height and that is probably why my
alignment didn't spec out.  I just wanted to let Malcom in on my
experience so that if i made a mistake, he wouldn't make the same one.
steve


Derek Drew wrote:

> OK folks, here is some long-overdue comments about these old
> alignmnent
> specifications.
>

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> If your mechanic does not put a tape measure to the wheelwell, he is
> not
> giving you an alignment to the updated procedure.
>
> My original posts urge owners to take note of the
> tape-measure-to-wheelwell
> method of determing proper alignment specs.
>
> I have heard nobody talking about this method lately, however, with
> people
> preferring to walk around with printouts of a post I made to 15 people
> back
> in 1994.
>