alignment wholes on strut tower?

kreacher5.0 · May 31, 2006

wich whole and why?

stang8urimport · May 31, 2006

What? lol

kreacher5.0 · May 31, 2006

alright im talking about the wholes on the upper strut mount theres three wholes that aligne with a whole in the strut tower wich whole does what

stang8urimport · May 31, 2006

The two rears (towards the firewall) are slotted from the factory to allow minimal camber adjustment. The one front (towards the front of the car) is not slotted, as Caster should not need to be adjusted. If you cannot get enough camber out with the provided slots, you can elongate them more to pull the camber out. IF you need to adjust the caster, you can also slot that hole. I do it all the time. I am an alignment tech.

ALMOST STOCK · May 31, 2006

Are you referring to the alignment holes/slots for the caster/ camber plates?

ALMOST STOCK · May 31, 2006

PoopDawg said:
The two rears (towards the firewall) are slotted from the factory to allow minimal camber adjustment. The one front (towards the front of the car) is not slotted, as Caster should not need to be adjusted. If you cannot get enough camber out with the provided slots, you can elongate them more to pull the camber out. IF you need to adjust the caster, you can also slot that hole. I do it all the time. I am an alignment tech.

I could be wrong but I think you have your slots and hole backwards.
Like i said I could be wrong.

kreacher5.0 · May 31, 2006

no im talking about three little wholes that should have a rivet in one from factory mine hase no rivet so I was wanting to know wich whole it needs to ligne up to

ALMOST STOCK · May 31, 2006

kreacher5.0 said:
no im talking about three little wholes that should have a rivet in one from factory mine hase no rivet so I was wanting to know wich whole it needs to ligne up to

So what you're asking for is where do you put the rivet in on your stock C/C plate?

kreacher5.0 · May 31, 2006

right theres three little wholes on my stock cc plates what are they for?

ALMOST STOCK · May 31, 2006

My understanding is that the 3 holes you're referring to was used to set the Factory C/C plates when the car came off the assembly line.
If you had an alignment since the car has come off the assembly line the rivets are probably gone.

But I've been wrong before!

kreacher5.0 · May 31, 2006

does it matter wich whole I use i have both sides lined up with the inside wholes that should give it less camber right?

ALMOST STOCK · May 31, 2006

Yes it does matter which hole, but exactly how much I'm not really sure.

kreacher5.0 · May 31, 2006

yea but as long as there in the same whole on each side it should not matter or am i wrong

ALMOST STOCK · May 31, 2006

I wouldn't think because there in the same hole that, that would mean it's right.

My aftermarket C/C plates aren't setting exactly the same in the slotted holes is the reason I say that.

But I'm no alignment expert either.

kreacher5.0 · May 31, 2006

the last time I took it to get it aligned they said there was no camber adjustment and left it alone it never drove the same after it kinda looks like the give me alittle toe out it makes it dart back and forth it also seems to turn in to much around curves

Bladez5_0 · May 31, 2006

Sounds like you need a different shop or have something worn badly.

kreacher5.0 · May 31, 2006

well im sure things are getting worn but you can look at it straight on and see it toed out. ya know with it toed in alittle it well track straight.

Bladez5_0 · May 31, 2006

Eyeball it straight then. It's not perfect but I've done it before on various vehicles with decent results. Get to wrenching on that tierod.

ALMOST STOCK · May 31, 2006

This is a do it yourself article which should give you all you need to get things straightened out with your front end.

Post # 3
http://www.corral.net/forums/showthread.php?t=765652&highlight

stang8urimport · May 31, 2006

ALMOST STOCK said:
I could be wrong but I think you have your slots and hole backwards.
Like i said I could be wrong.

They must have changed them in different years because mine and every other one I've done is the opposite from yours LOL. But same difference.

To the thread starter: If they adjusted it to where it cannot be adjusted anymore, they CAN slot them MORE to get more adjustment out of it. You can also adjust the single hole for caster adjustment if needed or wanted more positive caster. If they said they cannot do anymore, they shouldn't be doing alignments. It's more time to do, which equals more money for them (I charge 1 hour per side to slot the holes if needed... does it take an hour? No... But that's what I charge if you want it done right.) so I don't know why they wouldn't want to do it.

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