is an alignment needed?
10-21-2009, 02:29 AM
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is an alignment needed? I dropped the k member, spindles, and sway bar... Im pretty sure I need an alignment but then again Im also trying to save as much $ as possible.
10-22-2009, 11:32 AM
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I dropped my k member and she drove straight as an arrow afterwards. Spindles and sway bars don't effect alignments.
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10-22-2009, 05:12 PM
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most large places do it. brake check and firestone i know do it. i found a guy at my local brake check that really knows what he is doing and he does good work so you just need to look around.
10-23-2009, 12:38 PM
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The k members only have one locating dowel on each side. It could be put in slightly crooked bc there is room in the bolt holes to adjust the k member.
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The alignment dowels are towards the center of each side of the k member or about where the center bolt is more or less. The problem is the front and rear bolts (all of them) actually allow for a tad bit of adjustment, in other words, the holes for the bolts are loose as in not snug. Therefor, you could push the k member to the right and tighten it down, then loosen it and push it to the left and tighten it down, and those two spots would be different bc the bolt holes have slack in them. I just bolted mine up as close to the original position as possible and its been fine. Im pretty sure you wont have issues either.
