Wheel alighnment without spreader bar

[CliveM]

What happens if you check wheel alignment without using a spreader bar?

The guy ignore the instruction to fit the bar - and carried on. Although all readings were within spec?

Would the spreader bar change readings substantially (i.e enough to make it show out of spec?)

 

[teky]

it depends on what type of tools they used, newer ones like the Laser type don't use anything but a steering wheel locator lock and line up tools for the Laser on each wheel, its all modern gear today

 

[teky]

Supertracker Laser Wheel Aligner

http://images.google.com/imgres?img...l+alignment&start=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=N

 

[CliveM]

yet on the latest hunter system (811) the on screen display tells the operator to fit an spreader bar -

so I assume it is still needed even by the new optical/camera systems

 

[teky]

if it said to fit the spreader bar then he should have done so, he must be useing the proper tools i just cant understand why he should cut corners, i would have him do it againg to the correct spec afterall you paid for it :wink: