From alignment to bad leaf spring!! Need help

What type of alignment did you get.ie 3 axle,steer axle only how Mich did you pay all the Probly did was set the toe if they set the toe at zero or a hair toed out it will cause severe drivability problems.you need to get it checked out ASAP before you get a wear pattern going.there's a lot off shops that claim to be able to set camber,caster but it seems like there a dying breed I would take the loss and find an old school shop with a reputation

 

Return to the shop. Tell them they will fix it without charge. If they even begin to argue with you, advise the service manager verbally and with a prepared short letter of intent describing that you're going to have a different shop check it out and if his shop is at fault that it will become a matter of litigation. That is, if you're tired of being scammed and are willing to hire an attorney, or jump the hoops in small claims court yourself (which is easy, but time consuming). If not, just grit your teeth and eat the loss. In which case you should spread the word far and wide about the incident and who the shop is.

These shops are predatory. Sadly, many drivers get educated the hard, expensive way (me included).

I just got hit with a $BIG estimate for hangars and springs today on my reefer trailer. First thing I did was ask the tech to show me exactly what was broke. He even gave me his creeper and went under the wagon and showed me with a mag-lite.

Good luck friend.

 

Try this first---- cross switch your new front tires and
then test drive to check what kind of pull you get.

 

your toe in has been taken way out of specs during alignment. that is why it is pulling. it will wear your steer tires out real quick. get it fixed properly

 

not to mention it will scrub your tires away in a HEARTBEAT.

Don't postpone this if it is the toe in on the truck.

One way to check it is to measure the tire in same spot. There was a trick that we did with HMMWV's in the army, but ###### if I could explain it. I just remember running string around the tires.

 

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Report it, the more people use this the less others will have problems.

 

Make a mark on the tread of your steer tires 1/2 way up the back side, measure, then drive ahead so the mark is 1/2 way up the front side,remeasure. Should be 1/16" toed in. Make sure you measure the same spot, if you measure outside edge of marks on back then inside on front you'll be off a 1/16 to an 1/8 inch. Caster and camber should never need to be changed, especially camber. Measure from inside tire sidewall to frame on drives, should be the same on both sides meaning axle is centered. Tie string(surveyors cord) to something between drive axles, pull string around front drive tire to steer axle. Measure from string to rim(just inside tire bead) as the string just touches the sidewall on the front drive tire. Measurement should be 0 to 1/2" larger on driver side(do it several times till ya get same reading). This will have axle straight or slightly angled to drivers side. Measure between rims on drives, should be 0 to 1/16" bigger on passenger side. Picture solo cup with big end on passenger side, roll it and it holds you against crown of road. Drives have to be centered to measure front drive axle or subtract 1/2 the distance they are off center from measurement off string at front axle on side it's farther away and add to side that is closer or the string measurements will be off as far as the rear axle is off centered. Loose wheel bearings can screw up these measurements, found out the hard way, wife and I were pulling our hair out. Yes you'll need a helper, much thanks to my wife. Hope this helps.