[DML] Re: another alignment question..

["Adam 16683" <acprice1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I did call 5 different "frame and alignmnet" shops in my area and 
they all said they didnt want to or couldnt do deloreans. One shop I 
was refered to is manageed by a guy who owns 4 deloreans, but he said 
his shop doesnt do alignments either and that he takes his cars to 
les schwab!

I'm not going to do anything crazy to my car. But les schwab says it 
is unalignable with the caster how it is (and caster is "not 
adjustable") so I have to fix caster myself before les schwab will do 
the rest of the alignment. I am replacing the sway bar brackets and 
bushings this weekend, the bar to lower arm bushings are considerably 
squashed and move around in the socket. After this I will get it 
measured again, if its still out I will try shimming/unshimming to 
even it up. 

Also what should the thrust angle on a delorean be; zero? My car has 
a thrust angle of .25 right now according to les schwab.. 

Les schwab also recommended increasing my tire pressure. I am running 
the 23 for front and 30 for rear per the owner manual, on Pirellis. 
What do you recommend?

thanks!
adam

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxx> 
wrote:
> Alignment is not something to learn on. Messing with it without the
> proper measuring equipment can cause the car to handle dangerously 
in
> addition to causing excessive wear to the suspension and tires. If 
the
> shop you took the car to won't work on it find another. Find out 
where
> the big shops and the towns send their cars, police cars, ambulances
> etc. In every large town there is usually 1 place that everyone goes
> to for quality (read not cheap) work. If your castor is off you may
> have worn out or bent parts that need to be replaced. The castor can
> also be off spec if the car was lowered. BTW each aligmnent 
adjustment
> CAN affect others. For instance if you change height you change toe,
> castor, and camber. Do not just throw shims at the rear. If you 
change
> the thrust angle you can make the car very hard to control 
especially
> under acceleration in a turn.
> David Teitelbaum
> vin 10757




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