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alignment...

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:10 am
by scottymac21
Hey Ya'll.
My ride is pulling to the side.
Any tips, suggestions on wheel alignment resolutions?

I phoned Japanoid last week and James referred to Kal Tire where they will set alignment specs to the Mitsubishi Montero.

Before going through this portal, I thought I'd post and get some feedback.

Cheers,
scottymac
Vancouver, BC

Re: alignment...

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:55 am
by DelicaMark
Someone had posted the following in another post. Seems like a good choice if you are in the Lower Mainland.
Don't forget the alignment makes a huge difference. Go the West Coast Alignment on Powell, ask for the "Mardy Special" -- they will all smile and tell you how Mardy spent a week training one of their guys to get all the Delica specs correct. Ron and his assistant get out the tape measure and tools, and check everything, while I watched through the glass shop door. Took 1 hour including Torsion bar adjustment (wind-up-down the torsion bar, measure, repeat) cost $109 plus tax.

The TardisDeli is much nimbler now, it leaps about in glee rather than dragging itself off at green lights.

Re: alignment...

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:52 pm
by rdub
I put in new sway bar bushings in on the wknd ,it took 1hour to do this ,and the van drives and handles amazingly ,It was pulling a little to the right prior to doing this, now it drives great,we drove up through Tulameen on sat on the back roads to HWY5 to Princeton a few side tracks to explore and drove back,the van was perfect ,it also got rid of the vortec thrashing when driving behind a semi on the freeway and the sudden gusts of wind that seem throw it side to side at higher speeds. Lordco part #98101R red ones by Energy Suspension 11$ very easy fix just give the nuts a little squirt of wd prior to. you still may need that alignment but this will help in alot of ways

Re: alignment...

Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:16 am
by Delicanadabc
Hey

YES, I concur the bushings makes a big change. That said I did the Mardy special and I am happy about that too.

Re: alignment...

Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:56 am
by scottymac21
Well, yesterday didn't go so well at West Coast Alignment.
Ron was unable to tidy up my alignment...
He seemed to be hunting and pecking for tolerances including switching the tires around. Actually, Ron told me as much.
Although West Coast Alignment has done the alignment on Delicas... they seemed stumped on this one.
I will share with him the notes on sway bar bushings.

Cheers,
scottymac