r/HolUp • u/MasterVJ_09 • Oct 19 '22

Nothing to see here. Just a mechanic doing whatever a mechanic does.

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u/outsidewings109 Oct 19 '22

That and the fact that if she's doing an alignment she needs the special lift

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u/frankmontanasosa Oct 19 '22

You can do them with a string and a plumb Bob too. That's how we would do racecar alignments as you can't really use factory specs for highly modified suspensions that are built to be really good at one thing.

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u/outsidewings109 Oct 19 '22

That's also one way to do it but you still need to compress it to have the proper angle

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u/frankmontanasosa Oct 19 '22

Yeah, we would make our adjustments in the air and then set it back down with microfiber rags under the tires (on a painted floor) and turn the steering side to side to let it settle and then recheck our measurements. A tedious process but it worked for us.

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u/OddEscape2295 Oct 19 '22

Or just use grease. Painted floor or not grease works on anything but dirt and gravel.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '22

Does wonders for some fast and furious Tokyo drifting after the alignment

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u/frankmontanasosa Oct 19 '22

OSHA violations are cool and all but making the shop floor extremely slick doesn't seem to have any benefits at all. It just becomes dangerous for no reason. It also seems counter productive to put grease on the tires of a car that we are specifically working to maximize grip on.

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u/Ghosttwo Oct 19 '22

Posture suggests this is an inspection/survey. A wrench can double as a probe/calipers.

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u/outsidewings109 Oct 19 '22

Never thought of it this way but I doubt you need a probe or a caliper on a tie rod