alignment

[erick]

does anyone know where a good alignment shop is in clarksville, tn. i just got new wheels and if i take it to sears or someplace smiliar they will just set it to factory specs. that wont' work for larger med offset wheels. so if anyone has any advice i'd love to hear it.

[Mike]

Wheel off set won't matter on an alignment what will are adjustable control arms on caster. Wheel offset has no effect. If it is a good shop the alignment machine will tell them what to do regaurdless of wheel size or back spacing.

If all you need is an alignment you can do that yourself, it's way easier than most realize.
http://www.stu-offroad.com/steering/align/align-1.htm

or.....

http://www.4x4xplor.com/alignment.html

[Turfzilla]

or here, lots of good stuff:

http://www.go.jeep-xj.info/HowtoAlignment.htm

[erick]

off set has to matter. on a stock wheel the majority of the tire will be on the inside of the center line, where as a larger wheel will be more centered on the hub. tow is what i'm talkng about, caster and camber will be fine.

[minesweaper]

if you want to take it somewhere, there is a place on Exit 11. if you are on 24 going toward Nashville take exit 11 and go right. it is on the left past the reality place. its called kennedy bros. there are off road friendly.
BTW I went to sears and they did a good job on mine. however i dont have adjustable ca's. But I do have 33"s on aftermarket wheels. they worked for me but if you dont want to use them, kennedy bros is real good. i think it was $80 for balance and alignment.

[Mike]

off set has to matter. on a stock wheel the majority of the tire will be on the inside of the center line, where as a larger wheel will be more centered on the hub. tow is what i'm talkng about, caster and camber will be fine.

It doesn't, I've been doing all my own toe alignments for a long time. In some cases have taken them to a shop afterwards just to have it checked and I'll be dead on the money everytime using the techniques I posted above.

Offset does not affect toe settings, it's either lined up or not.

[keg2881]

does anyone know where a good alignment shop is in clarksville, tn. i just got new wheels and if i take it to sears or someplace smiliar they will just set it to factory specs. that wont' work for larger med offset wheels. so if anyone has any advice i'd love to hear it.




if you want to take it somewhere, there is a place on Exit 11. if you are on 24 going toward Nashville take exit 11 and go right. it is on the left past the reality place. its called kennedy bros. there are off road friendly.
BTW I went to sears and they did a good job on mine. however i dont have adjustable ca's. But I do have 33"s on aftermarket wheels. they worked for me but if you dont want to use them, kennedy bros is real good. i think it was $80 for balance and alignment.




Eric, I took mine to the place listed above by Minesweaper after I got my lift installed. They did an alignment and balanced my tires for around 60 bucks I think. If you ask me I think that they did a fantastic job, none of my wheel weights have fallen off and up until I went to W.I.T.C. my alignment was spot on. I hope this helps, if you have any questions about how to get there I'd be more than happy to help.

[Paul E]

Mike is 100% correct. If baskspacing/offset was an issue, every Jeep would run either the same backspacing of 5.5" for stock (non-Rubicon wheels) or the non-stock wheels would be all misaligned.

Offset widens or decreases your stance/width between tires. That is it. Using the tape measure method on 4x4xplor, you can still align it properly and set the toe. I do it with my 4.25" BS setup with no problems at all.

[Mike]

none of my wheel weights have fallen off and up until I went to W.I.T.C.

Are yours on the inside or outside of the wheel?

[keg2881]

They are the inside stick on type.

[erick]

ok thanks for the info guys, ya'll are the poo.

[Mike]

They are the inside stick on type.

That's a problem having nothing but stick ons IMO. I've never lost a regular hammered on weight on the inside of the wheel.

[keg2881]

The trick is to make dang sure that there are no contaminates on the wheel once so ever. When something calls for something like that I usually use rubbing alcohol after some sort of contact cleaner.