Alignment issues

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mh3c

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So on Thanksgiving I ran over some railroad tracks. Ok. Four of them. They were light rail tracks and I didn't see them until I realized the pavement ended. So I flipped a u-turn because I got stuck on a bridge behind a firetruck that was actively fighting a fire, tried to cross back over on light rail tracks, and ended up hitting the tracks as the pavement ended and four tracks came together into two. As one can imagine, I screwed up the alignment and sliced a tire sidewall requiring replacement (thats another story). So on Saturday I took it in and got it fixed. Yesterday I was driving and noticed the steering wheel wasn't straight; it was off perhaps 20 degrees to the left. I took it back today and they fixed it.

However, the problem i noticed is this.... The alignment numbers from when I came back don't match the numbers from Saturday. For example, here are some numbers form AFTER the alignment Saturday and today (Monday):

Left front Camber: 0.3 (Sat) -0.6(Mon)
Left front toe: 0.04 (sat) 0.13 (Mon)

Right front camber: 0.0(sat) 1.0 (Mon)
Right front toe: 0.04 (sat) -0.29 (Mon

total toe: 0.09 (Sat) -0.15(Mon)
Steer ahead: 0.00 (sat) 0.21(Mon)

ow did these get off so much in two days? Is it possible something else is damaged?
 

Ryan J

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I had the bilsteins installed and before mine pulled to the right. They done the alignment after new shocks were put on and it slowly started pulling right again. It was straight as an arrow when i got it out of the shop. But day by day it got worse back to the way it was. Something isnt holding its position on mine.
 
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mh3c

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I had the bilsteins installed and before mine pulled to the right. They done the alignment after new shocks were put on and it slowly started pulling right again. It was straight as an arrow when i got it out of the shop. But day by day it got worse back to the way it was. Something isnt holding its position on mine.

Yeah mine just got this weird issue where if i lined up the steering wheel i would quickly head towards a ditch. Like I said, they fixed it yesterday but it's disconcerting that the numbers are so off after one day.
 

Ryan J

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Yeah mines about the same way. I need to take it back in and see what changed.
 

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