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• DIY Wheel Alignment 11 Mar 2015 (Forum)
  Getting tracking done in a tyre fitting place is robbery for the time it takes them. Is their any way to do this yourself without all the fancy equipment?...
• wheel alignment/tracking or balancing? 3 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  My steering wheel is turning side to side more than normal as I drive. At slow speeds it is more sudden and noticeable than at higher speeds where the...
• Citroen C5 - Headlight alignment 16 Dec 2013 (Forum)
  The headlights are not adjusting up/down when the dial in the cab is turned. The lights were set all wrong, pointing downwards. I've manually moved them...
• steering wheel alignment 25 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  hi guys Over the last three years the steering wheel of my car has gradually gone off the straight ahead position presumably due to wear and tear. What...
• tyres and alignment bmw 318 5 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  Hi BMW 318 1999 model 47,000 kms Car started to suffer from steering wheel wobble/shimmy at 50 -60 mph so took car to local tyre place, changed the two front tyres Bridgestones, had them balanced and also had the alignment checked, balancing was out but alignment ok, chap said steering dead
• Wheel Alignment - Mazda 3 1 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  My daughter has kerbed her nearside front wheel and knocked the tracking out on her Mazda 3. Where would be the best place to get this corrected - the...
• Smart Fortwo (451) Cdi 54bhp - Wheel Alignment Caster out 4 May 2012 (Forum)
  Hi Guys Had the front pads and discs replaced yesterday and it was noticed whilst the tyres were off the car that the inner edge of the tyres were thiner than the rest of the tyre. Today i took my car to a autocentre by me who have a Hunter Alignment machine and had the alignment checked
• Ford Transit Mini Bus - Front wheel alignment 13 May 2016 (Forum)
  Is this the case. Just took a school mini bus into a tyre fitting depot and had two front tyres fitted and front wheel alignment adjusted. On the journey back I momentarily took my hands off the steering wheel, and the bus started to veer left. Quite sharply. Only steered straight while holding
• KIA Picanto - Adjust rear wheel alignment 5 Apr 2014 (Forum)
  Has anyone corrected non-adjustable rear wheel alignment (on a front wheel drive car) using stock shim material.  I'm thinking along the lines of placing a strip of suitable thickness material between the outer edge of the stub axle flange and the suspension arm.  I've already
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  Sawtooth Tyre Wear 17 Jan 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I recently bought new front tyres (Dunlop SS Max) for my 09-plate Octiavia vRS (30K Miles). The existing tyres were not excessively worn (5mm plus remaining),...
• Shocks? Nissan Almera 6 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  Hi I have an 2001 Almera Last night somebody pointed out to me there is a difference of about an inch in the gap between wheel and wheel arch, between the left and right wheels. The left side gap is noticeably smaller I had the wheels aligned the day before, are the shocks gone on that side
• Astra ignition timing 31 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  and the adjacent pulley should be aligned using a strobe, and that the mark is not TDC but is the correct value BTDC. But when I aligned the cam pulley mark to TDC, I found that the bottom pulley/cam-belt housing marks are also aligned, indicating that these marks are in fact TDC and not the correct timing values
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  Rear window washer alignment of water jet 7 Jan 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I bought the above car New last year,and had fitted by the suppling garage the extra large rear spoiler. The problem is the washer jet does not aline to...
• Volkswagen Golf V (2004 - 2008) - 2004 1.9TDI 4 wheel laser alignment 18 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  Hi all, I recently had all my tyres checked and aligned as neccessary at a local tyre place, on a Golf MK5 1.9TDI. The rear left camber showed up off limits before AND after the alignment. It shows as -1.53 degrees and limit is -1.47 degrees, so -0.06 degrees out of limits. The rear left
• Ford Fiesta (2013) - pulling to right 14 Aug 2020 (Forum)
  Any ideas what could be causing this? Daughters car was pulling to right so put it into trusted local garage.  They checked the wheel alignment and osr was way out.  No adjustment possible to rear axle so was advised to replace it, but now that's been done, and alignment
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  Should I replace all four tyres at once on my Volvo XC90? 5 Sep 2010 (Ask HJ)
  The front tyres on my Volvo XC90 were down to 2-3mm whilst the backs were at 4-5mm. I therefore changed the front tyres and had the front tracking done....
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 2000 'W' 1.8 Zetec Gear Stick Re-Alignment 18 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  I'm looking to buy a 'W' reg 1.8 Zetec with 86,000 miles and have noticed that when you push the gear stick to the left when in the neutral position it...
• One dipped beam set too high 27 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  Judging by the number of cars that have one dipped beam set dazzlingly high I can only assume that some people tamper with the alignment after they've had the car MOTd. I wouldn't have thought that under normal circumstances headlight alignment would alter significantly betwen one MOT and the next
• Peugeot 106 - Wheel Alignment with cutting boards? 8 Aug 2016 (Forum)
  Something unusual ... My tracking is out, on my little peugeot 106  the tyres are wearing on the inside... so, too much toe out. I'm off later to try and align the wheels better, with some string, tape measure and axle stands. On youtube , I
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  Steering wheel vibration on a CR-V 21 Oct 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I've recently bought a 2.2 CDTi Honda CR-V on an 09 plate, ES model on standard wheels/ cross contact LX tyres. At speeds over an indicated 70mph there...