i have a 3" front/ 2" rear drop on my Expedition. when i installed the drop, i also installed new upper ball joints and alignment kit i bought from BellTech.

took it to the alignment shop, well, a mechanic shop that does alignments and got it aligned... after that, i noticed one tire looked like it was straight up and down, and the other (passenger side) kinda sat like this: / (top of tire is in more toward motor than bottom).

so i take it back to the shop. he rechecked it and said the toe was out a little bit but everything else was right and it was right now...

well, now the passenger tire still sits like this: /

my questions are:
1) is this right? i have put probably 1000 miles on the truck and havent noticed any visible tire wear.

2) if this isnt right, should i not waste my time with that shop and just go to the dealership? or a front end specialty shop?

the truck doesnt really pull or anything and the steering wheel is straight so...

 

it doesnt sound right, i would recommend going to firestone or somewhere similar that does a free alignment check and see what's going on.

 

thanks! i am going to take a reading for tire wear once a week with a tread depth gauge. it if gets to be more than 2/32" difference between the inside and outside of the tread, i will take it to the dealership and have them fix it RIGHT...

 

No sense and waiting on the tires to go bad, and ruining a set of tires....

its not right, go get it fixed.

 

i recently did my alignment... never noticed a huge amount of wear on my tires... but since ive done it because of my over-sized tires i do rub now... ****ty cause im dropping lower too..


but yeah i would get it checked somewhere reputable...

 

Time is my biggest concern. I don't have a lot extra of it. Lol

But I did call the dealership and they said they can knock it out in a couple hours. And my wife works next door so I can get her to run it over there one day.

 

an alignment should take no more then an hour tops of actual labor

I used to be able to do full 4wheel sensor hook up, and a 4 wheel alignement in about 40 minutes when i worked at Land Rover of Austin

 

Well I took it to the dealership and dropped it off while I was out of town this week. They made the adjustments I needed. Apparently the shop did not touch the camber. I called him and asked about it and he swore that was all set but I know it wasn't. Oh well, I shoulda asked him the day I picked it up when I noticed it wasn't right. I will from now on...

Well, the service manager said it is right now so we'll see!

 

hows the truck driving a week later?

Did the dealership happen to give you a before/after printout?

 

Last week was hectic. It was like as soon as I got back in town I turned around and went again. Since I was out of town my wife stopped by the dealership and paid for me. I asked her to get the printout but haven't thought to ask her for the paperwork yet.

Truck is runnin great so far.

 

good to hear you got the truck taken care of :o