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Re: [WPTA] TR3 aglinment

To: Tom Stricker <guzzinut90@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [WPTA] TR3 aglinment
From: John Styduhar via Wpta <wpta@autox.team.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2022 15:41:25 -0500
Cc: "wpta@autox.team.net" <wpta@autox.team.net>
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All you can align with a stock TR3 front end is the toe in/out and steering
wheel.  Toe plates and two tape measures are all you need.  Check for worn
or loose parts otherwise.

On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 3:33 PM Tom Stricker via Wpta <wpta@autox.team.net>
wrote:

> Greetings and happy holidays to all.
>   After much trepidation about the weather today, I took my TR3A to
> Calibro Tire  for an alignment as recommended by club members who had been
> there.
>   Naturally they didn't have a driver of the proper caliber to fit into my
> car, so I was directed to drive the car onto the rack.
>   After the initial left/right left/right signal I was given the big
> STOP!  A crowd of techs formed looking at the alignment of my car and the
> rack. They came to the conclusion that my car's tires would both hang over
> the both edges of the device, and would not fit over the jacks. Plus, they
> added, the ramps were slippery.
>   Perhaps, if I signed a waiver....
>   Needless to say, NO alignment.
>   Apparently a mere 3 or 4 years ago they got a new, larger alignment rack
> to fit the newer cars and trucks.
>   Just a public notice, no malice intended.
>   TR4 and up may fit, but check before you make that appointment.
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">All=
 you can align with a stock TR3 front end is the toe in/out and steering wh=
eel.=C2=A0 Toe plates and two tape measures are all you need.=C2=A0 Check f=
or worn or loose parts otherwise.=C2=A0=C2=A0</div></div><br><div class=3D"=
gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at =
3:33 PM Tom Stricker via Wpta &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:wpta@autox.team.net";>wp=
ta@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote"=
 style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);p=
adding-left:1ex"><div><div style=3D"font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,=
Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div dir=3D"ltr">Greetings and h=
appy holidays to all.</div><div dir=3D"ltr">=C2=A0 After much trepidation a=
bout the weather today, I took my TR3A to Calibro Tire=C2=A0 for an alignme=
nt as recommended by club members who had been there.=C2=A0</div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">=C2=A0 Naturally they didn&#39;t have a driver of the proper calib=
er to fit into my car, so I was directed to drive the car onto the rack.=C2=
=A0</div><div dir=3D"ltr">=C2=A0 After the initial left/right left/right si=
gnal I was given the big STOP!=C2=A0 A crowd of techs formed looking at the=
 alignment of my car and the rack. They came to the conclusion that my car&=
#39;s tires would both hang over the both edges of the device, and would no=
t fit over the jacks. Plus, they added, the ramps were slippery.=C2=A0</div=
><div dir=3D"ltr">=C2=A0 Perhaps, if I signed a waiver....</div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">=C2=A0 Needless to say, NO alignment.</div><div dir=3D"ltr">=C2=A0 Ap=
parently a mere 3 or 4 years ago they got a new, larger alignment rack to f=
it the newer cars and trucks.</div><div dir=3D"ltr">=C2=A0 Just a public no=
tice, no malice intended.=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"ltr">=C2=A0 TR4 and up may=
 fit, but check before you make that appointment.</div></div></div>________=
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