Fld120 3 axle alignment

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Dino soar, Jan 21, 2020.

  1. spyder7723

    spyder7723 Road Train Member

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    Assuming it's a guy that knows what he is doing is perfectly safe.
     
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  3. Rideandrepair

    Rideandrepair Road Train Member

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    That Guy has an excellent video on Utube, explaining Camber and the affects it has. He’s got to be the best. Very interesting.
     
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  4. spyder7723

    spyder7723 Road Train Member

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    The best thing about Chad is he will take the time to really explain to you not just what needs done but why. And why it works.
    My only complaint about Chad is he is in a crappy freight area
     
  5. Long FLD

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    What are you talking about? Since I started this pneumatic deal he’s 10 miles from one of our customers. Lol
     
  6. Dino soar

    Dino soar Road Train Member

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    Unfortunately for me that is a long bobtail from Southeastern Pennsylvania.

    I need somebody a little closer, LOL.
     
  7. rollin coal

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    I say bite the bullet and do the deadhead these guys arent telling you wrong about MB alignment. That deadhead from PA is nothing and doesn't hurt as much as you think it does in the big picture. I went thru a king pin saga a few years ago and posted about it on here. King pins are a job that should be about once in 10 years if that for a road truck. Anyway, I would have been much better off to deadhead a 1,000 or even 2,000 miles to a reputable shop to get the work done. Instead I pissed away a small fortune on 2 king pin jobs locally in the span of about 3 years. And that was 3 years of agony trying to drive a bump steer truck. There's nothing worse than spending a small fortune on something and it still be F'd up. I know who's doing my suspension work next time...
     
  8. Dino soar

    Dino soar Road Train Member

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    I can appreciate what you're saying.

    But I think I would like to find someplace a little more local to here. If I really was having a real problem that no one could fix then yes I would dead head out there.

    There is a place that does MD alignment about an hour and 15 minutes away from me.

    I can see that Chad understands the alignment, but aside from him what is it about the MD alignment system that makes it better than the others?
     
  9. Long FLD

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    It’s a simple system that can be done pretty much anywhere that has a level piece of ground. If you get a computer alignment when your steer axle is on the pads they make adjustments and in effect there’s no weight because of the pads. With the MD system the adjustments are made under the weight of the truck, and after an adjustment is made they will move the truck back and forth a few times, let the suspension settle, and then check it again.
     
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  10. spyder7723

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    I pull a flat. Kc is not a good lane for open deck.
     
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