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Accurate four wheel alignment
Does your car suffer from uneven tyre wear, steering pull or tyre squeal? If so we may be able to help. At Motorvation we specialise in diagnosing steering and handling faults caused by faulty wheel alignment. The combination of our skillful, highly trained staff coupled with top quality Beissbarth alignment equipment are proving to be a very potent diagnostic force.
It makes good sense getting your wheel alignment checked periodically. Small amounts of wear coupled with the bumps and shocks of everyday driving can soon knock your wheels off course. And because it happens so gradually you may not notice the effect straight away. What you may notice is that your tyres will not wear evenly or your vehicle may be unstable under braking or cornering.
We are a friendly team at Motorvation and if there's anything we can do to point you or your wheels in the right direction then please fill in one of the forms either side of this page or click below to book online.
Get a price or book online now...Wheel Alignment - In a Nutshell
Just in case you are wondering what wheel alignment actually is or what the different terms mean then we created this page just for you!
In a nutshell wheel alignment is no more complicated than making sure your wheels point in the right directions as much of the time as possible. It gets a bit more complex when you consider the fact that good wheel alignment incorporates not only toe (how parallel your wheels are) but also camber (how vertical your wheels are) and a heap of other measurements. It gets further complicated by the fact that each of these angles affect each other.
Firstly lets talk about toe. Toe plays a huge part in how your vehicle steers and how long your tyres last. Because of this toe is the most commonly checked alignment measurement, commonly called tracking. If you have a vehicle that veers to one side when accelerating or braking then the chances are that something is affecting your toe adjustment. Look at the pictures on the right. They show a plan view of a car (with no body panels, engines, seats etc - my art skills aren't that good!). Notice that the car has its front wheels pointing in, this is called toe in. If the wheels where pointing out it would be toe out - no surprises there then.
Now lets talk about camber. Camber is a measure of how upright your wheels are. Camber affects how a car turns into corners and can affect stability under braking. Defective camber alignment will also cause tyre wear - often on the very inside edges of the tyre. Anyone who has ever had to scrap a tyre which is perfectly good except for the inside centimetre or two will know how frustrating this is. Camber is not so commonly checked as it is considered to be a bit of a specialist area, we believe this adjustment is vital. As road springs age and the car settles camber often becomes more negative. Take a look at our vehicle again. This time imagine that we are looking at the wheels head on. Notice at the very top that the wheels are leaning in. This is negative camber. The picture beneath shows the wheels leaning out - this is positive camber.
Moving swiftly on we come to castor angle. I could write pages on this but we would both get bored very quickly, but put simply the castor angle is responsible for straightening the steering after exiting a corner - have you ever released your grip slightly and let the steering straighten itself? Castor also helps straight line stability.
finaly we come to steering axis inclination. This affects how much your camber changes as the steered wheels are turned and affects the weight of the steering and grip.
