Steering & Suspension Test 3 Alignment Equipment Basics

[AlmiightyQ]

I’ll tell you what, that Nike headband makes me feel like it’s time to just take my ASE tomorrow. No matter the outcome you’ve enhanced my efficiency in the shop!! Keep this up man.

[MultihandZayy]

Are you able to bring back these videos and update them ? I’d love to see it ! Great information and explanations im visual learner so watching you talk about it rather that showing and explaining it can be a hit tedious to imagine😂😓

[kevinmalone]

Good advice.  When I forget to jounce the suspension and wiggle/re-center the steering wheel, half of the time I need to come back and tweak it again.

[sandyshoremann]

Thanks! I watched a couple of you classes just a a refresher. I was a NIASE master in the early 80's. Is not the SAI tipped towards the vehicle centerline inboard at top so as to project the axis to the tire contact patch to have the proper scrub? AS far as the reason for the tilt = other than "table leg" stability on a MacPherson strut you can't even have the upper pivot inside the wheel offset anyway since it terminated at the upper body near the firewall cowl extension. In a SLA design I would imagine you could design to have the balls joints inside the wheel off set though that would put more cornering load on the upper joint. Thanks, Sandy. P.s: my Subaru Outback has an alignment in the green but it doesn't feel stable and there is a sense it wants to drift. The wheelbase is shorter on the passenger side by 1/4" and the caster angle is about a 1/2 degree more negative on that side. Toe is 0.0 front and 0.18 deg total rea, r camber is also near zero front. Thinking maybe damaged LCA rear vertical bushing or the attachment plate shifted.