Alignment Discrepancies?

[hast2]

Strudul said:

Car was pulling to one side slightly, so had it 4-wheel aligned using a Hunter system. Everything was within spec except one of the camber settings, but only marginally and they aren't adjustable.

Was still pulling to one side, so popped into another shop a couple of weeks later that also uses Hunter for a free alignment check. All the toes are out of spec, but the camber is now fine .

What's going on?
Is my car borked?
Is one of the systems not calibrated correctly?
Do I need to try another shop for a 3rd opinion?

Could be a buckled wheel and stopped in a different place when the alignment was carried out

[Strudul]

hast2 said:

Could be a buckled wheel and stopped in a different place when the alignment was carried out

Surely you'd feel that?

[hast2]

Strudul said:

hast2 said:

Could be a buckled wheel and stopped in a different place when the alignment was carried out

Surely you'd feel that?

Not really, you can get away with a visibly buckled wheel if it's properly balanced.

How far out of spec is it? What was the difference between the 2 camber and toe figures? On a 15" wheel 1/2 degree is only a 3mm buckle of the wheel.

If your serious about wheel alignment, you should jack up the car and check the run out of the wheels and then mark the position that gives you the average of the run out. You then need to make sure that the wheels are in the right position depending on if you want to do a Camber or Toe check.

[HustleRussell]

hast2 said:

Could be a buckled wheel and stopped in a different place when the alignment was carried out

Nope. Two words- runout compensation.