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Originally Posted by ShrimpBurrito
This same exact thing has happened to me. It's the norm to jack up the axle, so you really need to watch the tech. Even if you tell the guy at the counter, and he writes it on the work order, the tech actually doing the work likely won't follow through unless you are standing over his shoulder.
Dave
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That's a
fact.......When I took my trailer in for tires, last year, the tech stuck a floor-jack under the axle
automatically. I was standing right there so I asked him to please jack up the trailer by the frame, behind the axle. He was happy to comply.
I think that he knew that it was wrong but it is faster and easier to use the axle and they assume that the customer doesn't know the difference.
He also did not torque the lug-nuts. He just spun them on with an impact wrench. When he was finished, I went to my truck, pulled out my torque wrench and torqued them myself. I didn't say a word but the shop supervisor was visibly embarrassed. I think that he was about to tell me that I couldn't do that in the shop but changed his mind. When I went to pay my bill, he gave me a "Courtesy" 10% discount. I thought that was nice.........BTW.......I would go back there again in a heart-beat.
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Originally Posted by cochise
The tire/wheel needs to be perpendicular to the road surface. Maybe is it not.
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That's also correct. If the surface is straight (from one side of the trailer to the other), it doesn't need to be perfectly level if you are using a square from the surface to the wheel to check the camber. If you are using a level, the surface must be level from one side of the trailer to the other. It would be nice to find a concrete surface that is both level and straight and check it with a square and a level. After-all, that's all an alignment rack does. The alignment rack is level from one side to the other and each tire pad is square and level.............BTW, I would check both sides and compare the findings.
You could stretch a chalk-line over the grounds surface to see if it is straight (no gaps under the string or the string not hitting high spots). When you find a straight area about 10-12' across, snap the chalk-line and put the tires on the chalk-line.