Re: 5000 Q alignment experience

["Frank J. Bauer" <frankbauer@thevine.net>]

At 02:10 PM 11/22/98 -0500, Daniel Jones wrote:
>  The two techs at
>work (Wagner Motor Sales Boylston Ma.)  including myself,  have a habit of
>"losing time" on alignments due to the simple fact that we are
>perfectionists regarding this matter.  Often times on an older car it can
>take 1+ hours just to free up all the tie rods or sliders for camber.  Then
>it goes on the rack and is slowly brought to within spec.  We shoot for +/-
>2 minutes on camber and 0 tolerance on toe in.  So there are dealerships
>that can do a proper alignment but we are among the few who understand just
>how important this simple task is.

anybody who lives within an hour drive of this man should be using his
services!
i always ask to pay by time for alignments rather than by the job so that
it is done correctly and to spec.
of course it's been a long time since i brought a frozen adjuster to a shop...

frank