sorry for bad alt text, I lack the terminology to describe this accurately

(i’m not a mechanic, i have no earthly idea if this is accurate. Don’t sue me)

  • Admiral Patrick
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    3 months ago

    I remember one time I changed my struts, rotors, pads, and mounted new tires myself. When I was done, I had to drive it about 30 miles to get it aligned. During the drive to the shop, its alignment was “all of the above” in the graphic 😆

    0/10 do not recommend.

    • @espentan@lemmy.world
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      163 months ago

      If you do work like this at home you can often get the alignment close enough for the drive to the alignment shop by taking precise measurements before disassembly, paying attention to the amount of turns on end joints etc…

      The best option is still to trailer it to an alignment shop, ofc.

      • Admiral Patrick
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        113 months ago

        In my defense, I was going to take it to the shop down the road (~3 miles) but they were backed up for a week.

      • @ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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        23 months ago

        If you’re really careful you can do the whole thing yourself with some string and a yardstick and hand tools. Especially when a lot of cheap cars will only have an adjustable toe angle and only the front of the car.