[DeTomaso] Wheel alignment, loaded or unloaded?

Thomas Törnblom thomas at hax.se
Sun Jul 11 15:24:20 EDT 2021


My users manual have specs for the later wide bodied cars, which is what I have used.

> 11 juli 2021 kl. 19:40 skrev MICHAEL DREW <mikeldrew at aol.com>:
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> Thomas,
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> The car doesn’t sink enough with cargo weight to account for your issue. Are you using pre-L alignment specs? Narrow tires need lots of negative camber but wide tires need about zero. 
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> You could throw some weight in the trunk but I would take a hard look at your alignment specs first. And also look for hidden problems such as a loose camber bar that would allow the top of the chassis to flex (that seems pretty unlikely though)
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> Mike 
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>> On Jul 11, 2021, at 09:19, Thomas Törnblom <thomas at hax.se> wrote:
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>> While changing fluids yesterday I noticed that my rear tires are worn to the point that the cord is visible on the inner edge. The outside is still good.
>> This was the case with my previous two sets as well.
>> Most of the mileage is with a fair amount of luggage as it happens on our trips to the continent or club events.
>> I’ve had the wheels aligned twice, but always with no load. The rear sits fairly low on our trips, giving it a fair amount of negative camber.
>> Should I load up the trunk and do a new alignment?
>> Although most driving is with load, I don’t want to have the car look stupid when unloaded.
>> It is a GT5 btw, with 345/35x15 tires.
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>> /Thomas
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