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G'Day Crew,
As most of you are probably aware I recently replaced my written off prado with a new one. Had the dealer fit 5 new BF Goodrich AT's to it straight off.
Picked up the car and drove it home from Narellan to Picton. The alignment was WAY out, would not drive straight and the steering wheel was angled to one side by about 30 degrees ( I hate that).
Anyhow called the dealer the next day and explained to them the problem. They in turn called the tyre dealer who supplied the BFG's and they said it wasnt worth aligning until 5000Km :shock:
I then went to a "specialist" 4WD aligning company to have them professionaly aligned. I then drove the next day on the M5 and she felt washy on the road, light feel and constantly having to keep her straight, just didnt feel right.
Today I took it down to my local Beaurepaires. The manger and I went for a drive. He agreed it was not right. He suggested that one tyre may be heavier than the other so we swapped the two front tyres over to see if that would help............ nope.
He then put it on the hoist and checked the alignment. It wasnt even close!!! The camber was well out. He showed me that the retaining nuts have not ever been adjusted!
Basically fixed the problem and BINGO awesome, now drives straight, feels "heavier" and firm and the steering wheel is perfectly straight.
As they were very busy it took a couple of hours and a few test drives to get it sorted, that is alot of his time. I asked how much?
Nothing was his reply, he was just glad to have fixed my problem!
Customer for life I reckon. Seeing I have 2 new cars which I balance, rotate and align every 5000km plus replacement tyres as required, I hope that my business will help his business.
Great to see and a local bloke to boot.
Regards,
Rob
As most of you are probably aware I recently replaced my written off prado with a new one. Had the dealer fit 5 new BF Goodrich AT's to it straight off.
Picked up the car and drove it home from Narellan to Picton. The alignment was WAY out, would not drive straight and the steering wheel was angled to one side by about 30 degrees ( I hate that).
Anyhow called the dealer the next day and explained to them the problem. They in turn called the tyre dealer who supplied the BFG's and they said it wasnt worth aligning until 5000Km :shock:
I then went to a "specialist" 4WD aligning company to have them professionaly aligned. I then drove the next day on the M5 and she felt washy on the road, light feel and constantly having to keep her straight, just didnt feel right.
Today I took it down to my local Beaurepaires. The manger and I went for a drive. He agreed it was not right. He suggested that one tyre may be heavier than the other so we swapped the two front tyres over to see if that would help............ nope.
He then put it on the hoist and checked the alignment. It wasnt even close!!! The camber was well out. He showed me that the retaining nuts have not ever been adjusted!
Basically fixed the problem and BINGO awesome, now drives straight, feels "heavier" and firm and the steering wheel is perfectly straight.
As they were very busy it took a couple of hours and a few test drives to get it sorted, that is alot of his time. I asked how much?
Nothing was his reply, he was just glad to have fixed my problem!
Customer for life I reckon. Seeing I have 2 new cars which I balance, rotate and align every 5000km plus replacement tyres as required, I hope that my business will help his business.
Great to see and a local bloke to boot.
Regards,
Rob
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