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What is Proper Wheel Alignment?
A properly aligned vehicle is one in which all wheels are aimed in the same direction. Some ver y low
tolerance or acceptable error is designed into each vehicle by the manufacturer (see the vehicle
manufacturer specifications).
How Can Wheel Alignment Benefit Your Operation?
The number one and number two operating expenses in over -the-road transportation are fuel and
tires respectively. Both are typically perceived as hard to control. Routine wheel alignment is the
most effective way to control tire costs and can impact fuel costs as well.
Problems created by misalignment:
• Excessive tire wear
•
Increased fuel consumption caused by increased rolling resistance
• Unsafe vehicle handling characteristics
• Driver fatigue and driver retention
• Premature suspension component wear
Between 70 and 80 percent of heavy duty vehicles
on the road today are misaligned!
The transportation industry, as a whole, finds that outsourcing timely, accurate alignment service
performed by qualified technicians is difficult to manage. As a result alignment is mostly addressed
after the damage has been done. Simply making alignment par t of a vehicle or fleet preventive
maintenance program allows operators to easily get a handle on this per ceived uncontrollable
expense.
Hunter recommends a minimum of two to three alignments per year or ever y 50,000
to 60,000 miles as part of the average vehicle’
s preventive maintenance program.
Alignment service is a natural fit for ser vice facilities currently repairing suspensions. Technicians
performing repairs on heavy duty suspensions are in ef fect alignment technicians. The only required
equipment is the precision measuring system.
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