[DML] Got an Alignment !

["Adam 16683" <acprice1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

After replacing all the sway bar bushings, and adding a shim to the 
left side swaybar/lower control arm connection, the front caster is 
greatly improved. With the new caster numbers les schwab okayed my 
car for alignment. Here are my new numbers:

> Front (all in degrees):
> 
> Left camber: -0.2           Right camber: -0.4
> Left caster: 3.7            Right caster: 3.2  
> Left toe   : 0.23           Right toe   : 0.23
> 
> Rear (degrees):
> 
> Left Camber: -1.2           Right camber: -1.0 
> Left toe   : 0.28           Right toe   : 0.25

Previous results:

> Front (all in degrees):
> 
> Left camber: -0.1           Right camber: -0.3
> Left caster: 4.3            Right caster: 2.6  
> Left toe   : .20            Right toe   : .20
> 
> Rear (degrees):
> 
> Left Camber: -1.2           Right camber: -1.0 
> Left toe   : 0.42           Right toe   : -0.07

The thrust angle was 0.25, and is now 0.01, pretty good. What we 
found on the rear was strange. The right wheel which was too far toed 
out had 6 shims on the TA bolt(from previous owner). The left side 
had only two shims. We removed two shims from the right and added one 
of them to the left; now there's 4 on the right, 3 on the left.

I helped the technician as much as I could and observed all the work 
done to the car. I told him about the 55 ft/lbs on the TA bolt and we 
found that both bolts were under torqued. It took minimal force to 
loosen them up for adjustment. Sadly we were still unable to properly 
torque the bolts when we were done. We could not fit the torque 
wrench between the underbody and over the bolt. We just used regular 
wrenches and tightened them up real good. I know how bad it is to not 
torque them properly, but it is still an improvement over how they 
were.. 

Does anyone have any tricks on torquing the TA bolts? I tried all 
sorts of different length sockets but none would fit. 
> 
> thanks for everyone's advice so far and for answering my crazy 
questions!
> Adam 




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